1 Kings 2:4 
Context| NET © | and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 1 ‘If your descendants watch their step 2 and live faithfully in my presence 3 with all their heart and being, 4 then,’ he promised, 5 ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 6 |
| NIV © | and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ |
| NASB © | so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ |
| NLT © | If you do this, then the LORD will keep the promise he made to me: ‘If your descendants live as they should and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’ |
| MSG © | Then GOD will confirm what he promised me when he said, 'If your sons watch their step, staying true to me heart and soul, you'll always have a successor on Israel's throne.' |
| BBE © | So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel. |
| NRSV © | Then the LORD will establish his word that he spoke concerning me: ‘If your heirs take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a successor on the throne of Israel.’ |
| NKJV © | "that the LORD may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | so <04616> that the LORD <03068> may carry <06965> out His promise <01697> which <0834> He spoke <01696> concerning <05921> me, saying <0559> , 'If <0518> your sons <01121> are careful <08104> of their way <01870> , to walk <01980> before <06440> Me in truth <0571> with all <03605> their heart <03824> and with all <03605> their soul <05315> , you shall not lack <03772> a man <0376> on the throne <03678> of Israel .'<03478> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | and the Lord <03068> will <04616> fulfill <06965> his promise <01697> to me, ‘If <0518> your descendants <01121> watch <08104> their step <01980> <01870> and live <01870> faithfully <0571> in my presence <06440> with all <03605> their heart <03824> and being <05315> <03605> , then,’ he promised, ‘you will not <03808> fail <03772> to have a successor <0376> on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel .’<03478> |
| NET © | and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 1 ‘If your descendants watch their step 2 and live faithfully in my presence 3 with all their heart and being, 4 then,’ he promised, 5 ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 6 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “then the 2 tn Heb “guard their way.” 3 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.” 4 tn Or “soul.” 5 tn Heb “saying.” 6 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.” |
