1 Kings 1:29

Updated Bible Version

And the king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king swore an oath and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,

Hebrew Names Version
The king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

King James Version
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

English Standard Version
And the king swore, saying, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

New Century Version
Then the king made this promise, "The Lord has saved me from all trouble. As surely as he lives,

New English Translation
The king swore an oath: "As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

Amplified Bible
Then the king swore an oath and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul from all distress,

New American Standard Bible
Then the king vowed and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King sware, saying, As the Lorde liueth, who hath redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king swore and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Contemporary English Version
Then he said, "The living Lord God of Israel has kept me safe. And so today, I will keep the promise I made to you in his name: Solomon will be the next king!"

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the king swore an oath: "As Adonai lives, who has delivered me from all adversity,

Darby Translation
And the king swore, and said, [As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king made a promise: "The Lord has saved me from every danger. As surely as he lives, I make this promise to you.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king swore to her, and said, As the LORD lives, who has saved my soul out of all distress,

Good News Translation
Then he said to her, "I promise you by the living Lord , who has rescued me from all my troubles,

Lexham English Bible
Then the king swore and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has saved my life from all trouble,

Literal Translation
And the king swore and said, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the kynge sware and sayde: As truly as the LORDE lyueth (which hath delyuered my soule out of trouble,)

American Standard Version
And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Bible in Basic English
And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sware, saying: As the Lord lyueth that hath ryd my soule out of all aduersite,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king swore and said: 'As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

King James Version (1611)
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liueth, that hath redeemed my soule out of all distresse,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king swore, and said, As the Lord lives who redeemed my soul out of all affliction,

English Revised Version
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Berean Standard Bible
And the king swore an oath, saying, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, The Lord lyueth, that delyueryde my lijf fro al angwisch;

Young's Literal Translation
And the king sweareth and saith, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king swore, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

World English Bible
The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

New King James Version
And the king took an oath and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress,

New Living Translation
And the king repeated his vow: "As surely as the Lord lives, who has rescued me from every danger,

New Life Bible
The king made a promise and said, "As the Lord lives, Who has saved me from all trouble,

New Revised Standard
The king swore, saying, "As the Lord lives, who has saved my life from every adversity,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king sware, and said, - By the life of Yahweh, who hath redeemed my life out of every strait,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king swore, and said: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,

Revised Standard Version
And the king swore, saying, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

THE MESSAGE
The king solemnly promised, "As God lives, the God who delivered me from every kind of trouble, I'll do exactly what I promised in God 's name, the God of Israel: Your son Solomon will be king after me and take my place on the throne. And I'll make sure it happens this very day."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king vowed and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

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

As the: 1 Kings 2:24, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:10, Judges 8:19, 1 Samuel 14:39, 1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 19:6, 1 Samuel 20:21, 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Kings 4:30, 2 Kings 5:16, 2 Kings 5:20

hath: Genesis 48:16, 2 Samuel 4:9, Psalms 34:19-22, Psalms 72:14, Psalms 136:24, Psalms 138:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 34:22 - redeemeth

Cross-References

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:

Genesis 1:15
and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night and the stars.

Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:25
And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

Genesis 1:27
And God created the man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them: and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

Genesis 2:16
And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:

Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; As the green herb I have given you all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king sware,.... To his former oath, he added another for greater confirmation:

and said, [as] the Lord liveth; which was the proper form of an oath, which ought to be taken by the living God; and as what would lay him under the greater obligation to observe it, he adds,

that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress; saved his life when in the most imminent danger; delivered him out of the hand of Goliath, and from the Philistines and other enemies, in his wars with them; and from Saul and his persecuting rage and fury, and from the rebellion of his son Absalom, and the insurrection of Sheba.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“As the Lord liveth” was the most common form of oath among the Israelites (e. g. Judges 8:19; 1 Samuel 14:39; 1 Samuel 19:6). It was unique to David to attach a further clause to this oath - a clause of thankfulness for some special mercy 1 Samuel 25:34, or for God’s constant protection of him (here and in 2 Samuel 4:9).