1 Kings 1:16

The NET Bible®

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

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?"

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?"

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

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 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, "Has it been reported to you that Haggith's son Adonijah has become king behind our master David's back? ¹² Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon's life. ¹³ Visit King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant, "Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne"? So why has Adonijah become king?' ¹⁴ While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report." ¹⁵ So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.) ¹⁶ Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?" ¹⁷ She replied to him, "My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.' ¹⁸ But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it! ¹⁹ He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king's sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon. ²⁰ Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

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
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:9
God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.

Genesis 1:12
The land produced vegetation—plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—the whole heavenly creation—you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the Lord your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.

Job 31:26
if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

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

Psalms 8:3
When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

Psalms 19:6
It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its 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?”