1KI 1:28 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then King David said, “Call Batsheva back in.” So she came back into the king’s room and stood in front of him.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ, καὶ εἶπε, καλέσατέ μοι τὴν Βηρσαβεέ· καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἔστη ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
(Kai apekrithaʸ ho basileus Dawid, kai eipe, kalesate moi taʸn Baʸrsabeʼe; kai eisaʸlthen enōpion tou basileōs, kai estaʸ enōpion autou. )

BrTr And king David answered and said, Call me Bersabee: and she came in before the king, and stood before him.

ULT And the king David answered and said, “Call to Bathsheba for me.” And she came before the face of the king and she stood before the face of the king.

UST Then King David said, “Tell Bathsheba to come in here again.” So someone went and told her, and she came in and stood in front of the king.

BSB § Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

OEB Then King David answered and said, ‘Call Bathsheba to me.’ And she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

WEBBE Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba in to me.” She came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET King David responded, “Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.

LSV And King David answers and says, “Call for Bathsheba for me”; and she comes in before the king, and stands before the king.

FBV King David replied, “Call Bathsheba for me.” Bathsheba came in and stood before the king.

T4T Then after Nathan left the room, King David said to one of his servants, “Tell Bathsheba to come in here again.” So he went and told her, and she came in and stood in front of the king.

LEB Then King David answered and said, “Summon Bathsheba for me.” Then she came before the king and stood in his presence.[fn]

1:28 Following the corrected LXX and Vulgate

BBE Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

Moff No Moff 1KI book available

JPS Then king David answered and said: 'Call me Bath-sheba.' And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

ASV Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.

DRA And king David answered and said: Call to me Bethsabee. And when she was come in to the king, and stood before him,

YLT And king David answereth and saith, 'Call for me for Bath-Sheba;' and she cometh in before the king, and standeth before the king.

Drby Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

RV Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.

Wbstr Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

KJB-1769 ¶ Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.[fn]

1.28 into…: Heb. before the king

KJB-1611 ¶ Then king Dauid answered, and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came [fn]into the kings presence, and stood before the king.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

1:28 Hebr. before the king.

Bshps Then king Dauid aunswered, & sayd: Cal me Bethsabe. And she came into the kinges presence, and stoode before him.
(Then king David answered, and said: Cal me Bethsabe. And she came into the kings presence, and stood before him.)

Gnva Then King Dauid answered, and saide, Call me Bath-sheba. And shee came into ye Kings presence, and stoode before the King.
(Then King David answered, and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into ye/you_all Kings presence, and stood before the King. )

Cvdl The kinge answered and saide: Call Bethseba vnto me. And she came in before the kinge. And whan she stode before the kynge,
(The king answered and said: Call Bethseba unto me. And she came in before the kinge. And when she stood before the king,)

Wycl And kyng Dauid answeride, and seide, Clepe ye Bersabee to me. And whanne sche hadde entrid bifor the kyng, and hadde stonde bifor hym, the kyng swoor,
(And king David answered, and said, Clepe ye/you_all Bersabee to me. And when she had entered before the king, and had stand before him, the king swoor,)

Luth Der König David antwortete und sprach: Rufet mir Bathseba! Und sie kam hinein vor den König. Und da sie vor dem Könige stund,
(The king David replied and spoke: Rufet to_me Bathseba! And they/she/them came hinein before/in_front_of the king. And there they/she/them before/in_front_of to_him kings/king stund,)

ClVg Et respondit rex David, dicens: Vocate ad me Bethsabee. Quæ cum fuisset ingressa coram rege, et stetisset ante eum,
(And answered king David, saying: Vocate to me Bethsabee. Quæ when/with fuisset ingressa before rege, and stetisset before him, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

וַ⁠יַּ֨עַן הַ⁠מֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִד֙ וַ⁠יֹּ֔אמֶר

and,answered the=king Dāvid and=he/it_said

The two words answered and said express a single idea. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this idea in a different way. Alternate translation: “And the king David answered him by saying” or “And the king David said”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יֹּ֔אמֶר

and=he/it_said

Here, the author implies that David spoke to some of his servants. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “and said to some of his attendants”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

וַ⁠תָּבֹא֙ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽ⁠תַּעֲמֹ֖ד לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י הַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ

and,came to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=king and,stood to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the,king

This sentence contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in some languages. If this is true of your language, you could shorten the sentence. Alternate translation: “And she came and stood to the face of the king”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠תָּבֹא֙

and,came

Here the author implies that Nathan left the king before Bathsheba came back in (see 1:32). If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit here. Alternate translation: “And Nathan went away, and Bathsheba came”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / go

וַ⁠תָּבֹא֙

and,came

In a context such as this, your language might say “went” instead of came. Alternate translation: “And she went”

Parallel 1KI 1:28