39I will humble David's descendants because of this, but not forever.' "


In Context

36 I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.

37 However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.

38 If you do whatever I command you and walk in my ways and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.

39 I will humble David's descendants because of this, but not forever.' "

40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon's death.

41 As for the other events of Solomon's reign-all he did and the wisdom he displayed-are they not written in the book of the annals of Solomon?

1st Kings 11:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for over.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39and I humble the seed of David for this; only, not all the days.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.