1 Kings 1:16

Updated Bible Version

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And 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?"

New English Translation
Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "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?'

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 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord does not know it? ¹² Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon. ¹³ Go and get in to king David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your slave, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign? ¹⁴ Look, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words. ¹⁵ And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king. ¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What do you want? ¹⁷ And she said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your slave, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. ¹⁸ And now, look, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, do not know it: ¹⁹ and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but Solomon your slave he has not called. ²⁰ And you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

Deuteronomy 4:19
Or else you will lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you will be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Job 31:26
If I have seen the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms 8:3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have appointed;

Psalms 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit to the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

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?”