1 Kings 1:6
What does 1 Kings 1:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 1:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and his father hath not grieved him <FI>all<Fi> his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also <FI>is<Fi> of a very good form, and <FI>his mother<Fi> bare him after Absalom.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Neither did his father rebuke him at any time, saying: Why hast thou done this? And he also was very beautiful, the next in birth after Absalom.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And his father had not grieved him at any time in saying, Why doest thou so? and he was also a very comely man; and [his mother] bore him after Absalom.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.
- Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
- 2 Samuel 3:3
and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
- Proverbs 23:13
Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
- 1 Samuel 10:23
And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
- Hebrews 12:5
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
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