Devine Scripture

1 Kings 2:44

1 Kings chapter 2 · verse 44 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

Context

v.43Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

v.44This passage

v.45But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 17:19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.

  • Hosea 4:9

    And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

  • Romans 2:15

    in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them);

  • 1 Kings 2:32

    And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

  • 2 Samuel 16:5

    And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.

  • Psalms 7:16

    His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.