16Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.


In Context

13 And Adonias the son of Haggith came to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said to him: Is thy coming peaceable? he answered: Peaceable.

14 And he added: I have a word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said:

15 Thou knowest that the kingdom was nine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother's: for it was appointed him by the Lord.

16 Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

17 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.

18 And Bethsabee said: Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

1 Kings 2:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me." "You may make it," she said.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me.| She said to him, |Say on.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and now, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.