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Wycliffe Bible

1 Kings 1:27

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?

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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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?
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?"
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 Therfor Nathan seide to Bersabee, modir of Salomon, Whether thou herdist, that Adonye, sone of Agith, regnede, and oure lord Dauid knoweth not this? 12 Now therfor come thou, take thou counsel of me, and saue thi lijf, and of Salomon thi sone. 13 Go thou, and entre to kyng Dauid, and seie thou to hym, Whether not thou, my lord the kyng, hast swore to me, thin handmaide, and seidist, that Salomon thi sone schal regne aftir me, and he schal sitte in my trone? 14 Whi therfor regneth Adonye? And yit while thou schalt speke there with the kyng, Y schal come aftir thee, and `Y schal fille thi wordis. 15 Therfor Bersabee entride to the kyng in the closet; forsothe the kyng was ful eeld, and Abisag of Sunam `mynystride to hym. 16 Bersabee bowide hir silf, and worschipide the kyng; to whom the kyng seide, What wolt thou to thee? 17 And sche answeride, and seide, My lord the kyng, thou hast swore to thin handmaide bi thi Lord God, Salomon thy sone schal regne aftir me, and he schal sitte in my trone; 18 and lo! Adonye hath regnede now, `while thou, my lord the kyng, knowist not; 19 he hath slayn oxis, and alle fatte thingis, and ful many rammes; and he clepide alle the sones of the king, also `Abiathar preest, and Joab, the prince of chyualri; but he clepide not Salomon, thi seruaunt. 20 Netheles, my lord the kyng, the iyen of al Israel biholden in to thee, that thou schewe to hem, who owith to sitte in thi trone, my lord the kyng, aftir thee;

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 the bigynnyng God made of nouyt heuene and erthe.
Genesis 1:2
Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris.
Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and departide the watris that weren vndur the firmament fro these watris that weren on the firmament; and it was don so.
Genesis 1:9
Forsothe God seide, The watris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so.
Genesis 1:21
And God made of nouyt grete whallis, and ech lyuynge soule and mouable, whiche the watris han brouyt forth in to her kyndis; and God made of nouyt ech volatile bi his kynde. And God seiy that it was good;
Genesis 1:25
And God made vnresonable beestis of erthe bi her kyndes, and werk beestis, `and ech crepynge beeste of erthe in his kynde. And God seiy that it was good; and seide,
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God seide, It is not good that a man be aloone, make we to hym an help lijk to hym silf.
Psalms 139:14
I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche.
Isaiah 43:7
And ech that clepith my name to help, in to my glorie Y made hym of nouyt; Y fourmyde hym, and made hym.
Malachi 2:15
Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe;

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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