1 Kings 2:16

Green's Literal Translation

And now I am asking one petition of you. Do not turn away your face. And she said to him, Speak.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.”

Hebrew Names Version
Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on.

King James Version
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

English Standard Version
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Speak."

New Century Version
Now I have one thing to ask you; please do not refuse me." Bathsheba answered, "What do you want?"

New English Translation
Now I'd like to ask you for just one thing. Please don't refuse me." She said, "Go ahead and ask."

Amplified Bible
"So now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak."

New American Standard Bible
"So now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, I am making one request of you; do not turn me away." And she said to him, "Speak."

Contemporary English Version
Would you do me a favor?" "What do you want?" Bathsheba asked.

Complete Jewish Bible
But now I ask one favor of you; don't deny me." "Go on," she said.

Darby Translation
And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

Easy-to-Read Version
But now I have one thing to ask you. Please don't refuse me." Bathsheba answered, "What do you want?"

George Lamsa Translation
And now I make one petition of you, do not refuse me. And she said to him, Say on.

Good News Translation
And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me." "What is it?" Bathsheba asked.

Lexham English Bible
Now one request I am asking from you, and you must not refuse me." Then she said to him, "Go on."

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now desyre I one peticion of the, Make not my face ashamed. She sayde vnto him: Saye on.

American Standard Version
And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Bible in Basic English
Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe I aske a petition of thee, deny me not. And she sayde vnto him: Say on.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.' And she said unto him: 'Say on.'

King James Version (1611)
And now I aske one petition of thee, deny me not. And she saide vnto him, Say on.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now I make one request of thee, do not turn away thy face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak on.

English Revised Version
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Berean Standard Bible
So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me." "State your request," she told him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor Y preye of the oon axyng; schende thou not my face. And sche seide to hym, Speke thou. And he seide, Y preie,

Young's Literal Translation
and now, one petition I am asking of thee -- turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, `Speak.'

Update Bible Version
And now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. And she said to him, Say on.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.

World English Bible
Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on.

New King James Version
Now I ask one petition of you; do not deny me." And she said to him, "Say it."

New Living Translation
So now I have just one favor to ask of you. Please don't turn me down." "What is it?" she asked.

New Life Bible
Now I have one thing to ask of you. Do not say no to me." And she said to him, "Speak."

New Revised Standard
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Go on."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, one request, have I to ask of thee, do not turn away my face.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

Revised Standard Version
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Say on."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak."

Contextual Overview

¹² And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹³ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came in to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come in peace? And he said, Peace. ¹⁴ And he said, A word to you and to me? And she said, Speak. ¹⁵ And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces toward me to reign. Yet the kingdom has been turned around and is my brother's, because it was his from Jehovah. ¹⁶ And now I am asking one petition of you. Do not turn away your face. And she said to him, Speak. ¹⁷ And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not turn away your face, that he give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife. ¹⁸ And Bathsheba said, Well! I will speak to the king for you. ¹⁹ And Bathsheba came in to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat on his throne, and placed a throne for the king's mother. And she sat at his right hand. ²⁰ And she said, I ask one small petition of you. Do not turn away my face. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away your face. ²¹ And she said, let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah for a wife.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

deny me not: Heb. turn not away my face, Psalms 132:10, Proverbs 30:7

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:42 - General Mark 10:35 - we would

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God completed His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground Jehovah God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the middle of the garden; also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Does Jehovah delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold! Obeying is better than sacrifice; to give attention is better than the fat of rams.

1 Timothy 4:4
Because every creature of God is good, and nothing to be thrust away, but having been received with thanksgiving;

1 Timothy 6:17
Charge the rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to set hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, the One offering to us richly all things for enjoyment;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now I ask one petition of thee,.... And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:

deny me not, or "turn not away my face" t; with shame and sorrow, which would be the case should he be denied:

and she said unto him, say on; let me hear it.

t תשיבי את פני "ne avertere facias faciem meam", Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deny me not - literally, as in the margin, i. e. “make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused.”