1 Kings 2:16

Douay-Rheims Bible

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

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."

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

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.

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 upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly. ¹³ And Adonias, the son of Haggith, came to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said to him: Is thy coming peaceable? He answered: It is peaceable. ¹⁴ And he added: I have a word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said: ¹⁵ Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother’s: for it was appointed him by the Lord. ¹⁶ Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on. ¹⁷ And he said I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag, the Sunamitess, to wife. ¹⁸ And Bethsabee said: Well, I will speak for thee to the king. ¹⁹ Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right hand. ²⁰ And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother ask, for I must not turn away thy face. ²¹ And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to 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
So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams.

1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

1 Timothy 6:17
Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

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.”