1 Kings 2:21 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And she saith, `Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.`
English ASV
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
English Amplified
She said, Give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah your brother to be his wife.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
She said, Give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah your brother to be his wife.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.
English EASY 2024
So she said, ‘Please let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem.’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
So Bathsheba said, "Let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the woman from Shunem."
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife."
English GNT (Good News Translation)
She answered, “Let your brother Adonijah have Abishag as his wife.”
English God's Word - GW 1995
She replied, "Let Abishag from Shunem be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."
English KJV 1611
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
English LSB
So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given as a wife to Adonijah your brother.”
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to your brother Adonijah for his wife."
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
She said, “Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
She said, "Let your brother Adonijah get married to Abishag, the Shunammite."
English NIV
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah."
English NKJ 1982
So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
English NLT
"Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem," she replied.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
“Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag,“ she replied.
English Tyndale 1537
And she said: let Abisag the Sunamite be given to Adoniah thy brother to wife.