1 Kings 1:31
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, "May my lord King David live forever!"

New Living Translation
Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground before the king and exclaimed, “May my lord King David live forever!”

English Standard Version
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

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

New American Standard Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”

NASB 1995
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever."

NASB 1977
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”

Amplified Bible
Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, and laid herself face down before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

Christian Standard Bible
Bathsheba knelt low with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, "May my lord King David live forever!"

Contemporary English Version
Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I pray that you will live a long time!"

Good News Translation
Bathsheba bowed low and said, "May my lord the king live forever!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face touching the ground in front of the king. "May Your Majesty, King David, live forever!" she said.

International Standard Version
"King David," Bathsheba said as she bowed low in front of the king with her face to the ground, "your majesty, may you live forever."

NET Bible
Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, "May my master, King David, live forever!"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

New King James Version
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and paid homage to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!”

King James 2000 Bible
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and knelt before to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.

New Heart English Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever."

World English Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"

American King James Version
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

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.

A Faithful Version
And Bathsheba bowed her face to the earth, even kneeling to the king, and said, "Let my lord King David live forever."

Darby Bible 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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
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.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Then Bethsabe bowed on her face to the earth, and dyd reuerence vnto the king, & sayde: I pray God that my lorde king Dauid may lyue for euer.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then Bethseba bowed hir selfe with hir face to the grounde, and thanked the kynge and sayde: God saue my lorde kynge Dauid for euermore.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Bathsheba bows—face to the earth—and pays respect to the king, and says, “Let my lord, King David, live for all time.”

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.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Bath-sheba will bow the face to the earth and worship to the king, and say, My lord king David shall live forever,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Bethsabee bowing with her face to the earth worshipped the king, saying: May my lord David live for ever.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Bathsheba, having lowered her face to the ground, reverenced the king, saying, “May my lord David live forever.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Bathsheba bowed down on her face on the floor and she worshiped before the King, and she said: “Let my Lord King David live for eternity!”

Lamsa Bible
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.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and prostrated herself to the king, and said: 'Let my lord king David live for ever.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Bersabee bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
















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