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1 Kings 2:20

20 Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

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1 Kings 2:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “Do not refuse me.”

The king replied, “Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you.”

1 Kings 2:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

1 Kings 2:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “I hope you won’t turn me down.”

“What is it, my mother?” he asked. “You know I won’t refuse you.”

1 Kings 2:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Then she said, “I desire one small petition of you; do not refuse me.”

And the king said to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

1 Kings 2:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Bathsheba said, “I have one small thing to ask you. Please do not refuse me.”

“Ask, mother,” the king answered. “I will not refuse you.”

1 Kings 2:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee.

1 Kings 2:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

1 Kings 2:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 “I’m asking you for one little thing,” she said. “Don’t refuse me.” 

“Ask, Mother,” the king told her. “I won’t refuse you.” 

1 Kings 2:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”

“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”

1 Kings 2:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you.”

1 Kings 2:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 She said, “I have one small request I am asking from you. Do not refuse me.” The king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

1 Kings 2:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 “I have one small favor to ask of you,” she said. “Don’t say no to me.”

The king replied, “Mother, go ahead and ask. I won’t say no to you.”

1 Kings 2:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”


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