1 Kings 2:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Then she said, I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ She said, “I have just one small request for you. Don’t refuse me.” The king said to her, “Mother, ask me. I won’t refuse you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And she said to him: "I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face." And the king said to her: "Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother, ask; for I must not turn away thy face.

1 Kings 2:20 Cross References

1 Kings 2:16

And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Go on.”

1 Kings 2:21

She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you that on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom than for you.”

Matthew 18:19

Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.