1 Kings 2:43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
1 Kings 2:43 in other translations
| BSB | So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?” |
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| WEB | Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I have instructed you with?” |
| ASV | Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? |
| YLT | and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?' |
| DARBY | Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with? |
| BBE | Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you? |
| Webster | Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? |
What does 1 Kings 2:43 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 2:35-46
The old malignity remains in the unconverted heart, and a watchful eye should be kept on those who, like Shimei, have manifested their enmity, but have given no evidence of repentance. No engagements or dangers will restrain worldly men; they go on, though they forfeit their lives and souls. Let us remember, God will not accommodate his judgment to us. His eye is over us; and let us strive to walk as in his…
1 Kings 2:43 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 2:43
- Ezekiel 17:18-19
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
- Romans 13:5
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
- Ecclesiastes 8:2
I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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Context
- 1 Kings 2:42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
- 1 Kings 2:43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
- 1 Kings 2:44
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;
1 Kings 2:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Por qué pues no guardaste el juramento de Jehová, y el mandamiento que yo te impuse? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et pourquoi n’as-tu pas observé le serment de l’ Éternel, et le commandement que je t’ai commandé? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und warum hast du den Schwur Jehovas nicht beachtet und das Gebot, das ich dir geboten hatte? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quare ergo non custodisti jusjurandum Domini, et præceptum quod præceperam tibi? |