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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 Kings 1:27

Hath my lorde the kynge commaunded this, and not certifyed his seruauntes who shall sytt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after him?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba);   Civil Service;   Intercession;   Nathan;   Politics;   Solomon;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Nathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Nathan;   Queen;   Wheel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Firstborn;   Israel;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Mourning;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba ;   Benaiah ;   Jehoiada ;   Nathan ;   Zadok ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bath-sheba;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I’m certain my lord the king would not have let this happen without letting your servant know who will sit on my lord the king’s throne after him.”
Hebrew Names Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
King James Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
English Standard Version
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
New Century Version
Did you do this? Since we are your servants, why didn't you tell us who should be king after you?"
New English Translation
Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?"
Amplified Bible
"If this thing has been done by my lord the king, why have you not shown your servants who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
New American Standard Bible
"Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not let your servants know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Is this thing done by my lord the King, & thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who should sitte on the throne of my lorde the King after him?
Legacy Standard Bible
Has this thing happened by my lord the king, and you have not made known to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
Contemporary English Version
Did you say they could do this without telling the rest of us who would be the next king?
Complete Jewish Bible
Is this authorized by my lord the king without your having told your servant who would sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
Darby Translation
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewn to thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Easy-to-Read Version
My lord and king, did you do this without telling us? Please tell us, who will be the next king after you?"
George Lamsa Translation
Has this thing been done by the order of my lord the king, and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Good News Translation
Did Your Majesty approve all this and not even tell your officials who is to succeed you as king?"
Lexham English Bible
If it was from my lord the king that this thing has happened, then all is well, but if not, you must let your servants know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him."
Literal Translation
If this thing is to come about from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
American Standard Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Bible in Basic English
Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Is this thing done of my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruaunt who should sit on the seate of my lorde the king after him?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not declared unto thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?'
King James Version (1611)
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king, after him?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?
English Revised Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Berean Standard Bible
Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether this word yede out fro my lord the kyng, and thou schewidist not to me, thi seruaunt, who schulde sitte on the trone of my lord the king after hym?
Young's Literal Translation
if from my lord the king this thing hath been, then thou hast not caused thy servant to know who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.'
Update Bible Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your slave who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Webster's Bible Translation
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shown [it] to thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
World English Bible
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
New King James Version
Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not told your servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
New Living Translation
Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?"
New Life Bible
Has this been done by my lord the king? Have you not shown your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
New Revised Standard
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not let your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, of my lord the king, this thing had been brought to pass, then wouldest thou not have made known unto thy servant, who should sit upon the throne of my lord the king, after him?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me, thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Revised Standard Version
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

Contextual Overview

11 Then sayde Nathan vnto Bethseba Salomons mother: Hast thou not herde yt Adonias is kynge, and oure lorde Dauid knoweth not therof? 12 Come now therfore, I wyll geue the councell, that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the soule of thy sonne Salomon. 13 Come now and go in to kinge Dauid and saye vnto him: Hast not thou my lorde the kynge sworne and sayde vnto thy handmayden: Salomon thy sonne shall be kynge after me, and he shall sytt vpon my seate? Why is then Adonias made kynge? 14 Beholde, while thou art yet there, and talkest with the kynge, I wyll come in after the, and tell forth thy tayle. 15 And Bethseba wente in to the kynge to ye chamber. And the kynge was very olde. And Abisag of Sunem serued the kynge. 16 And Bethseba bowed hirselfe, and worshipped the kynge.The kynge sayde: What wilt thou? 17 She sayde vnto him: My lorde, Thou hast sworne vnto thy handmayde by the LORDE thy God: Thy sonne Salomon shall be kynge after me and syt vpon my seate. 18 But now lo, Adonias is kynge, and my lorde the kynge knoweth it not. 19 He hath offred oxen and fat catell, and many shepe, and hath called all the kynges sonnes, and Abiathar the prest, and Ioab the chefe captayne. But thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not bydden. 20 Neuertheles thou my lorde art kynge, the eyes of all Israel loke vnto the., that thou shuldest shewe them who shall syt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after the.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and thou: 1 Kings 1:24, 2 Kings 4:27, John 15:15

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:18 - thou knowest

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In ye begynnynge God created heauen & earth:
Genesis 1:2
and ye earth was voyde and emptie, and darcknes was vpon the depe, & ye sprete of God moued vpo the water.
Genesis 1:7
Then God made ye firmamet, and parted the waters vnder the firmamet, from the waters aboue the firmament: And so it came to passe.
Genesis 1:9
And God sayde: let the waters vnder heauen gather theselues vnto one place, yt the drye londe maye appeare. And so it came to passe.
Genesis 1:21
And God created greate whalles, and all maner of creatures that lyue and moue, which the waters brought forth euery one after his kynde: and all maner of fethered foules, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good,
Genesis 1:25
And God made ye beastes of the earth euery one after his kynde, and catell after their kynde, and all maner wormes of the earth after their kynde. And God sawe that it was good.
Genesis 2:18
And the LORDE God sayde: It is not good yt ma shulde be alone. I wil make him an helpe, to beare him copany.
Psalms 139:14
My bones are not hyd from the, though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneth in the earth.
Isaiah 43:7
Namely, all those that be called after my name: For the haue I created, fashioned, and made for myne honoure.
Malachi 2:15
So dyd not the one, & yet had he an excellent sprete. What dyd then the one? He sought the sede promised of God. Therfore loke well to youre sprete, & let no man despyse ye wife of his youth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Is this thing done by my lord the king,.... With his knowledge and consent, and by his orders:

and thou hast not showed [it] unto thy servant; meaning himself, who had brought him a message from the Lord, signifying that Solomon should succeed him; and therefore if that had been countermanded, it seemed strange that he should not have acquainted him with it: or "to thy servants", as the Arabic version; for the word has a plural ending, though pointed as singular; and so it may mean not only himself, but the rest of David's faithful servants that were about him at court, as Kimchi observes:

who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? if he had altered his mind, or had had any direction from the Lord to make any change, he wondered at it that he should neither acquaint him, nor any of his trusty friends, with it.


 
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