1 Kings 1:16

Green's Literal Translation

And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Bathsheba knelt low and paid homage to the king, and he asked, “What do you want?”

Hebrew Names Version
Bat-Sheva bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?

King James Version
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

English Standard Version
Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?"

New Century Version
Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. He asked, "What do you want?"

New English Translation
Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?"

Amplified Bible
So Bathsheba bowed down and paid respect to the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

New American Standard Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What is on your mind?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King. And the King saide, What is thy matter?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

Contemporary English Version
and bowed down. "What can I do for you?" David asked.

Complete Jewish Bible
Bat-Sheva bowed, prostrating herself to the king. The king asked, "What do you want?"

Darby Translation
And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Easy-to-Read Version
Bathsheba bowed down before the king. The king asked, "What can I do for you?"

George Lamsa Translation
And Bath-sheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said to her, What troubles you, Bath-sheba?

Good News Translation
Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"

Lexham English Bible
Bathsheba knelt and bowed down before the king, and the king asked, "What do you want?"

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Bethseba bowed hirselfe, and worshipped the kynge.The kynge sayde: What wilt thou?

American Standard Version
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Bible in Basic English
And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Bethsabe stouped & made obeysaunce vnto the king: And the king sayd, What is thy matter?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king. And the king said: 'What wouldest thou?'

King James Version (1611)
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeysance vnto the king: and the king said, What wouldest thou?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is thy request?

English Revised Version
And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Berean Standard Bible
And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, "What is your desire?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bersabee bowide hir silf, and worschipide the kyng; to whom the kyng seide, What wolt thou to thee?

Young's Literal Translation
and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, `What -- to thee?'

Update Bible Version
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What do you want?

Webster's Bible Translation
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou?

World English Bible
Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?

New King James Version
And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. Then the king said, "What is your wish?"

New Living Translation
Bathsheba bowed down before the king. "What can I do for you?" he asked her.

New Life Bible
Bathsheba put her face to the ground in front of the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

New Revised Standard
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, "What do you wish?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did homage unto the king, - and the king said - What aileth thee?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?

Revised Standard Version
Bathshe'ba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David does not know? ¹² And now, come, please let me counsel you with counsel, and save your life, and the life of your son Solomon. ¹³ Go up and go in to King David. And you shall say to him, My lord, O king, have you not sworn to your handmaid, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? And why does Adonijah reign? ¹⁴ Behold, while you are speaking with the king, then I will come in after you and will confirm your words. ¹⁵ And Bathsheba came in to the king, to the inner room. And the king was old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king. ¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you? ¹⁷ And she said to him, My lord, you have sworn to your handmaid by Jehovah your God, saying , Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. ¹⁸ And now, behold, Adonijah reigns. And now, my lord O king, you have not known. ¹⁹ And he sacrifices oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not called to your servant Solomon. ²⁰ And you, my lord O king, the eyes of Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bowed: 1 Kings 1:23, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 24:8, 1 Samuel 25:23

And the: 1 Kings 2:20, Esther 7:2, Matthew 20:21, Matthew 20:32

What wouldest thou: Heb. What to thee

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:28 - made obeisance 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
And God made the expanse, and He separated between the waters which were under the expanse and the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse, Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning the second day.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth bore tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed according to its kind, and the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years.

Deuteronomy 4:19
and that you not lift up your eyes towards the heavens and shall see the sun, and the heavens, and you be drawn away and worship them, and serve them; which Jehovah your God has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Job 31:26
if I looked to the light when it shone, or the splendid moon marching,

Job 38:7
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms 8:3
When I look upon Your heavens, the work of Your fingers: the moon and the stars which You have fixed;

Psalms 19:6
his going forth from the end of the heavens, and his orbit to their ends; and nothing is hidden from his heat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king,.... Not only as being her husband, but her sovereign; and this behaviour might intimate, that she had something to say to him, and more than to inquire of his health:

and the king said, wouldest thou? what hast thou to say to me? or to ask of me? what is thy will and pleasure, or thine errand to me?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bath-sheba bowed, like the woman of Tekoah 2 Samuel 14:4, with the humble prostration of a suppliant. Hence, the king’s question, “What wouldest thou?”