1KI 2:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He said, “Please speak to Shelomoh the king because he wouldn’t refuse you. Ask him to give me Avishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 εἶπεν αὐτῇ, εἰπον δὴ πρὸς Σαλωμὼν τὸν βασιλέα, ὅτι οὐκ ἀποστρέψει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ δώσει μοι τὴν Ἀβισὰγ τὴν Σωμανίτιν εἰς γυναῖκα.
(Kai eipen autaʸ, eipon daʸ pros Salōmōn ton basilea, hoti ouk apostrepsei to prosōpon autou apo sou, kai dōsei moi taʸn Abisag taʸn Sōmanitin eis gunaika. )

BrTr And he said to her, Speak, I pray thee, to king Solomon, for he will not turn away his face from thee, and let him give me Abisag the Somanite for a wife.

ULT And he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he may give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”

UST He said, “Please ask King Solomon to give to me Abishag, the woman from the town of Shunem, to be my wife. I am sure that he will not refuse.”

BSB § Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

OEB And he said, ‘Then request Solomon the king--he will not refuse you--to give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.’

WEBBE He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”

LSV And he says, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he does not turn back your face, and he gives Abishag the Shunammite to me for a wife.”

FBV He went on, “Please talk to King Solomon for me because he won't turn you down. Ask him to give me Abishag from Shunem as my wife.”

T4T He said, “Please ask King Solomon to give to me Abishag, the woman from Shunem town, to be my wife. I am sure that he will not refuse.”

LEB He said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, so that he will give to me Abishag the Shunnamite as wife.”

BBE Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?

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JPS And he said: 'Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king — for he will not say thee nay — that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.'

ASV And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

DRA And he said: I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag the Sunamitess to wife.

YLT And he saith, 'Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, for he doth not turn back thy face, and he doth give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.'

Drby And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king — for he will not refuse thee — that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

RV And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

Wbstr And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say to thee no,) that he give me Abishag the Shunamite for a wife.

KJB-1769 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
(And he said, Speak, I pray thee/you, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee/you nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. )

KJB-1611 And hee saide, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Solomon the king (for hee will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And he said: Speake I pray thee, vnto Solomo the king (for he wil not say thee nay) that he geue me Abisag the Sunamite to wyfe.
(And he said: Speak I pray thee/you, unto Solomo the king (for he will not say thee/you nay) that he give me Abisag the Sunamite to wife.)

Gnva And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
(And he said, Speak, I pray thee/you, unto Salomon ye/you_all King, (for he will not say thee/you nay) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. )

Cvdl He sayde: Speake vnto kynge Salomon (for he shall not shame thy face) that he maye geue me Abisag to wyfe.
(He said: Speak unto king Salomon (for he shall not shame thy/your face) that he may give me Abisag to wife.)

Wycl that thou seie to Salomon the king; for he may not denye ony thing to thee; that he yyue to me Abisag of Sunam wijf.
(that thou/you say to Salomon the king; for he may not denye any thing to thee/you; that he give to me Abisag of Sunam wife.)

Luth Er sprach: Rede mit dem Könige Salomo (denn er wird dein Angesicht nicht beschämen), daß er mir gebe Abisag von Sunem zum Weibe.
(He spoke: Rede with to_him kings/king Salomo (denn he becomes your face not beschämen), that he to_me give Abisag from Sunem for_the Weibe.)

ClVg Et ille ait: Precor ut dicas Salomoni regi (neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest) ut det mihi Abisag Sunamitidem uxorem.
(And he he_said: Precor as dicas Salomoni regi (neque because negare to_you anything potest) as det to_me Abisag Sunamitidem wife. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

אִמְרִי־נָא֙ לִ⁠שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֥י לֹֽא־יָשִׁ֖יב אֶת־פָּנָ֑יִ⁠ךְ

speak now to,Solomon the=king that/for/because/then/when not refuse DOM faces_of,you

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “Solomon the king will not turn back your face, so please speak to him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹֽא־יָשִׁ֖יב אֶת־פָּנָ֑יִ⁠ךְ

not refuse DOM faces_of,you

Here Adonijah speaks as if he is confident that Solomon will not physically turn back Bathsheba’s face. He means that he is sure that Solomon will not reject her request nor shame her. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he will not shame you by rejecting you” or “he will not say no to what you request”

Note 3 topic: translate-names

אֲבִישַׁ֥ג

ʼAⱱīshag

The word Abishag is the name of a woman.

Note 4 topic: translate-names

הַ⁠שּׁוּנַמִּ֖ית

the,Shunammite

The word Shunammite refers to someone who is from the town of Shunem, which was in the hill country to the southwest of the Sea of Galilee. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer more directly to the town of Shunem. See how you translated this word in 1:3. Alternate translation: “from Shunem”

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