1 Kings 1:30

Literal Standard Version

surely as I swore to you by YHWH, God of Israel, saying, Surely your son Solomon reigns after me, and he sits on my throne in my stead; surely so I do this day."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place, that is exactly what I will do this very day.”

Hebrew Names Version
most assuredly as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, saying, Assuredly Shlomo your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.

King James Version
Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

English Standard Version
as I swore to you by the Lord , the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,' even so will I do this day."

New Century Version
I will do today what I have promised you in the name of the Lord , the God of Israel. I promised that your son Solomon would be king after me and rule on my throne in my place."

New English Translation
I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.'"

Amplified Bible
even as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, 'Solomon your son shall certainly be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will indeed do so this very day."

New American Standard Bible
certainly as I vowed to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, 'Your son Solomon certainly shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will indeed do so this day."

Geneva Bible (1587)
That as I sware vnto thee by the Lorde God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and hee shall sit vpon my throne in my place, so will I certainely doe this day.

Legacy Standard Bible
surely as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will surely do so this day."

Complete Jewish Bible
as I swore to you by Adonai the God of Isra'el, ‘Your son Shlomo will be king after me; he will sit on my throne in my place,' so will I do today."

Darby Translation
even as I swore to thee by Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

Easy-to-Read Version
Today I will do what I promised you in the past. I made that promise by the power of the Lord , the God of Israel. I promised that your son Solomon would be the next king after me. I promised that he would take my place on my throne, and I will keep my promise!"

George Lamsa Translation
Even as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Solomon your son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne, even so will I do this day.

Good News Translation
that today I will keep the promise I made to you in the name of the Lord , the God of Israel, that your son Solomon would succeed me as king."

Lexham English Bible
surely as I swore to you by Yahweh the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall surely be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,' surely I shall do so this very day."

Literal Translation
surely as I swore to you by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; surely so I will do this day.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wyl do vnto the this daye, euen as I sware vnto the by the LORDE the God of Israel, so that Salomon thy sonne shalbe kynge after me, and he shal sit pon my seate in my steade.

American Standard Version
verily as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.

Bible in Basic English
As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shal raigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my seate for me: so will I certeinly do this day.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
verily as I swore unto thee by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying: Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.'

King James Version (1611)
Euen as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shal sit vpon my throne in my stead; euen so wil I certainly doe this day.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
as I swore to thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.

English Revised Version
verily as I sware unto thee by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day:

Berean Standard Bible
I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for as Y swore to thee bi the Lord God of Israel, and seide, Salomon, thi sone, schal regne after me, and he schal sitte on my trone for me, so Y schal do to dai.

Young's Literal Translation
surely as I sware to thee by Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne in my stead; surely so I do this day.'

Update Bible Version
truly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; truly so I will do this day.

Webster's Bible Translation
Even as I swore to thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

World English Bible
most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.

New King James Version
just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, "Assuredly Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,' so I certainly will do this day."

New Living Translation
your son Solomon will be the next king and will sit on my throne this very day, just as I vowed to you before the Lord , the God of Israel."

New Life Bible
I promised you by the Lord the God of Israel, saying, ‘Your son Solomon will be king after me. He will sit on my throne in my place.' And I will even do so this day."

New Revised Standard
as I swore to you by the Lord , the God of Israel, ‘Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,' so will I do this day."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
even as I sware unto thee by Yahweh, God of Israel, saying, Assuredly, Solomon thy son, shall become king after me, yea, he, shall sit upon my throne, in my stead, even so, will I do this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Even as I swore to thee, by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Solomon thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.

Revised Standard Version
as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, 'Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead'; even so will I do this day."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
surely as I vowed to you by the LORD the God of Israel, saying, 'Your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will indeed do so this day."

Contextual Overview

¹¹And Nathan speaks to Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, saying, "Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has reigned, and our lord David has not known? ¹²And now, come, please let me counsel you, and deliver your life and the life of your son Solomon; ¹³go and enter in to King David, and you have said to him: Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your handmaid, saying, Surely your son Solomon reigns after me, and he sits on my throne? And why has Adonijah reigned? ¹⁴Behold, you are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after you, and have completed your words." ¹⁵And Bathsheba comes in to the king, [into] the inner chamber, and the king [is] very aged, and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king; ¹⁶and Bathsheba bows and pays respect to the king, and the king says, "What do you [want]?" ¹⁷And she says to him, "My lord, you have sworn by your God YHWH to your handmaid, [saying], Surely your son Solomon reigns after me, and he sits on my throne; ¹⁸and now, behold, Adonijah has reigned, and now, my lord, O king, you have not known; ¹⁹and he sacrifices ox, and fatling, and sheep in abundance, and calls for all the sons of the king, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab head of the host—and he has not called for your servant Solomon. ²⁰And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel [are] on you, to declare to them who sit on the throne of my lord the king after him;

Bible Verse Review
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Even as I sware: 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17

Cross-References

Genesis 1:15
and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth": and it is so.

Genesis 1:16
And God makes the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary—and the stars—for the rule of the night;

Genesis 9:3
Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

Job 39:4
Their young ones are safe, || They grow up in the field, they have gone out, || And have not returned to them.

Job 39:8
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, || And he seeks after every green thing.

Job 39:30
And his brood sucks up blood, || And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!"

Job 40:15
Now behold, behemoth, || That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.

Job 40:20
For mountains bear food for him, || And all the beasts of the field play there.

Psalms 104:14
Causing grass to spring up for livestock, || And herb for the service of man, || To bring forth bread from the earth,

Psalms 147:9
Giving to the beast its food, || To the young of the ravens that call.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel,.... And so owns and confirms the truth of what Nathan had suggested to Bathsheba, and she had asserted, 1 Kings 1:13;

saying, assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; this was the substance of the oath:

even so will I certainly do this day; perform this oath, and set Solomon on the throne.