2|I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;


In Context

1 Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

2 |I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

3 and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

4 That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,' he said, 'a man on the throne of Israel.'

1 Kings 2:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:2"I am about to go the way of all the earth," he said. "So be strong, show yourself a man,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I am going the way of all flesh: take thou courage, and shew thyself a man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be of good courage therefore, and be a man;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: he thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2'I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man;