1 Kings 1:21 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon -- [reckoned] sinners.`

Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

English Amplified

Otherwise, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Otherwise, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.

English EASY 2024

If you do not decide this now, there will be trouble for me and my son Solomon. Soon after they bury you in the grave of your ancestors, they will punish us as bad people.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

If you don't decide, then after you are buried, these men will say that Solomon and I are criminals."

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If you don't, as soon as you are dead, my son Solomon and I will be treated as traitors.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Otherwise, my son Solomon and I will be treated like criminals when you lie down in death with your ancestors."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals."

English KJV 1611

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

Otherwise it will be, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Otherwise it shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be considered offenders.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If this is not done, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

If you don't do something, I and my son Solomon will be treated like people who have committed crimes. That will happen as soon as you join the members of your family who have already died."

Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals."

English NKJ 1982

Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders.”

If you do not act, my son Solomon and I will be treated as criminals as soon as you are dead."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, that my son Solomon and I will be counted offenders."

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If you don't act, my son Solomon and I will be arrested and executed as criminals as soon as you are dead.“

English Tyndale 1537

For else when my lord the king is laid to rest with his fathers, I and my son Salomon shall be sinners.