1 Kings 11:37
Modern Translations
New International Version
However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.

New Living Translation
And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires.

English Standard Version
And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

Berean Study Bible
But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

New American Standard Bible
However I will take you, and you shall reign over all that you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

NASB 1995
'I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

NASB 1977
‘And I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

Amplified Bible
I will take you [Jeroboam], and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires; and you shall be king over Israel (the ten northern tribes).

Christian Standard Bible
I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel."

Contemporary English Version
"You will be king of Israel and will rule every nation you want.

Good News Translation
Jeroboam, I will make you king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I will choose you so that you can rule everything you desire. You will be king of Israel.

International Standard Version
I'm going to take you and have you reign over whatever you desire. You will be king over Israel.

NET Bible
I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

New King James Version
So I will take you, and you shall reign over all your heart desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

King James 2000 Bible
And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

New Heart English Bible
I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

World English Bible
I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

American King James Version
And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

American Standard Version
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

A Faithful Version
And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will take thee, that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

English Revised Version
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And I wil take thee, and thou shalt reigne, euen as thine heart desireth, and shalt be King ouer Israel.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And I will take thee, and thou shalt raigne according to all that thy soule desireth, and shalt be king ouer Israel.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Therfore wyl I take the now, to raygne ouer all that thine hert desyreth, and thou shalt be kynge ouer Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I take you, and you have reigned over all that your soul desires, and you have been king over Israel;

Young's Literal Translation
'And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel;

Smith's Literal Translation
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all which thy soul shall desire, and be king over Israel.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will take you up, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires. And you shall be king over Israel.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall give to you and you shall reign according to the desire of your soul and you shall be King over Israel.

Lamsa Bible
And I will give it to you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign as thy soul desires, and thou shalt be king over Israel.
















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