1 Kings 1:31 “Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord…”

1 Kings 1:31

Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

World English Bible

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!”

American Standard Version

Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Bath-sheba bowed her face to the earth, and did reuerence vnto the King, and said, God saue my lord King Dauid for euer.

Darby Translation

And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

And Bath-Sheba boweth — face to the earth — and doth obeisance to the king, and saith, 'Let my lord, king David, live to the age.'

Bible in Basic English

Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.

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Cross references

“did reverence”

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

2 Samuel 9:6 · BSB

And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.

Esther 3:2 · BSB

All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

Matthew 21:37 · BSB

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

Hebrews 12:9 · BSB

Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

Ephesians 5:33 · BSB

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

“Let my”

Daniel 2:4 Daniel 3:9 Daniel 5:10 1 Kings 1:25 Nehemiah 2:3 Daniel 6:6

Daniel 2:4 · BSB

Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Daniel 3:9 · BSB

saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

Daniel 5:10 · BSB

Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

1 Kings 1:25 · BSB

For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and d…

Nehemiah 2:3 · BSB

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Daniel 6:6 · BSB

So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

32Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.

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