1st Kings Chapter 1 verse 29 Holy Bible
And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,
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And the king swore, and said, [As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,
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And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
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And the king swore, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
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The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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And the king sweareth and saith, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - And the king sware [see on ver., 51] and said, As the Lord liveth [or "by the life of Jehovah." Cf. "by the life of Pharaoh" (Genesis 42:15). This was the common form of oath. See, e.g., 1 Kings 2:24; Judges 8:19; Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 14:39; 1 Samuel 19:6; 1 Samuel 20:24; 1 Samuel 29:6; and especially Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 5:2; Hosea 4:15. It is characteristic of David to introduce into the formula some such clause as the following], that hath redeemed my soul [i.e., life] out of all distress. Same expression as in 2 Samuel 4:9. Similar expressions are found in Psalm 25:22, and Psalm 34:22. The repeated deliverance out of straits and danger - "out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul" - was one of the most remarkable features of David's life, and it is no wonder that he repeatedly commemorates it, converting every adjuration into an act of thanksgiving. Similarly, Jacob (Genesis 48:16.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul.--A characteristic adjuration of David, found also in 2Samuel 4:9; but now peculiarly appropriate in the old man, who was so near the haven of rest, after all the storms of life. "O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer," is the climax of his address to God, as the Creator of all things and the ruler of all men, in Psalm 19:14.
