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1 Kings 1:21
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KJ21
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.”
ASV
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.
AMP
Otherwise it will come about when my lord the king lies down [in death] with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered political enemies.”
AMPC
Otherwise, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.
BRG
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.
CSB
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals.”
CSBA
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals.’
CEB
When my master the king lies down with his ancestors, then I and my son Solomon will become outlaws.”
CJB
If you don’t, then, when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, I and my son Shlomo will be considered criminals.”
CEV
If you don't, they will say that Solomon and I have rebelled. They will treat us like criminals and kill us as soon as you die.
DARBY
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.
DRA
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
ERV
If you don’t decide, then after you are buried, these men will say that Solomon and I are criminals.”
EASY
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.’
EHV
If you do not, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, then I and my son Solomon will be treated like traitors.”
ESV
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.”
ESVUK
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.”
EXB
Otherwise, as soon as ·you die [L my lord the king sleeps with his fathers/ancestors], Solomon and I will be treated as ·criminals [offenders].”
GNV
For else when my lord the King shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be reputed vile.
GW
Otherwise, my son Solomon and I will be treated like criminals when you lie down in death with your ancestors.”
GNT
If you don't, as soon as you are dead, my son Solomon and I will be treated as traitors.”
HCSB
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals.”
ICB
As soon as you die, Solomon and I will be treated as criminals.”
ISV
Otherwise, as soon as your majesty is laid to rest with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be branded as traitors.”
JUB
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 as sinners.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
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.”
LEB
It shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be considered as sinners.”
TLB
If you don’t act, my son Solomon and I will be arrested and executed as criminals as soon as you are dead.”
MSG
“My master,” she said, “you promised me in God’s name, ‘Your son Solomon will be king after me and sit on my throne.’ And now look what’s happened—Adonijah has taken over as king, and my master the king doesn’t even know it! He has thrown a huge coronation feast—cattle and grain-fed heifers and sheep—inviting all the king’s sons, the priest Abiathar, and Joab head of the army. But your servant Solomon was not invited. My master the king, every eye in Israel is watching you to see what you’ll do—to see who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him. If you fail to act, the moment you’re buried my son Solomon and I are as good as dead.”
MEV
Otherwise it shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be considered offenders.”
NOG
Otherwise, my son Solomon and I will be treated like criminals when you lie down in death with your ancestors.”
NABRE
If this is not done, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”
NASB
Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king lies down with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders.”
NASB1995
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.”
NCB
Otherwise when my lord, the king, sleeps with his fathers, I and Solomon, my son, will be condemned.”
NCV
As soon as you die, Solomon and I will be treated as criminals.”
NET
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.”
NIRV
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.”
NIV
Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.”
NIVUK
Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.’
NKJV
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders.”
NLV
Or else as soon as my lord the king is dead, I and my son Solomon will be thought of as wrong-doers.”
NLT
If you do not act, my son Solomon and I will be treated as criminals as soon as my lord the king has died.”
NRSVA
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.’
NRSVACE
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.’
NRSVCE
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.”
NRSVUE
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.”
OJB
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when adoni HaMelech shall lie with his avot, that I and beni (my son) Sh’lomo shall be counted chatta’im.
RGT
“For otherwise, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall have reputations as offenders.”
RSV
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.”
RSVCE
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.”
TLV
Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered traitors.”
VOICE
If you do not give instruction before you leave this world to sleep with your fathers, then my son, Solomon, and I will be guilty before Adonijah.
WEB
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”
WYC
and it shall be, (that) when my lord the king hath slept with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be (reckoned as) sinners, that is, Adonijah shall put on us crimes, to deprive us from life. (or else it shall be, that when my lord the king sleepeth with his forefathers, that is, when he dieth, I and my son Solomon shall be reckoned as sinners, that is, Adonijah shall put crimes upon us to deprive us of life.)
YLT
and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon -- [reckoned] sinners.'
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