1 Re 1:31

La Riveduta Bibbia

Bath-Sceba s’inchinò con la faccia a terra, si prostrò dinanzi al re, e disse: "Possa il re Davide mio signore vivere in perpetuo!"

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Bath-Sceba sinchin con la faccia a terra, si prostr davanti al re e disse: "Possa il re Davide mio signore vivere in perpetuo!".

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
E Batseba s’inchinò con la faccia verso terra, e fece riverenza al re, e disse: Possa il re Davide, mio signore, vivere in perpetuo.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

did reverence: 2 Samuel 9:6, Esther 3:2, Matthew 21:37, Ephesians 5:33, Hebrews 12:9

Let my: 1 Kings 1:25, Nehemiah 2:3, Daniel 2:4, Daniel 3:9, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 6:6, Daniel 6:21

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself 1 Chronicles 29:22 - and anointed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Bathsheba bowed with [her] face to the earth, and did reverence to the king,.... Thereby expressing her veneration of him, and thankfulness to him for his favour to her and her son, in fulfilling his promise and oath:

and said, let my lord King David live for ever; which though a common form of salutation of kings, not only in Israel, but in other nations, is not to be considered as a mere compliment, but as expressing the real desires and affection of her heart to the king; signifying hereby that her solicitations on the behalf of her son did not arise from any desire of the king's death; she heartily wished him health to live long and easy; and all her request was, that Solomon her son might succeed him, whenever it pleased God to remove him; or seeing he was now a dying man as it were, her prayer was that his soul might live for ever in happiness in the world to come; so Kimchi interprets it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A lower and humbler obeisance than before 1 Kings 1:16. In the Assyrian sculptures ambassadors are represented with their faces actually touching the earth before the feet of the monarch.