But David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should today become an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”
Jeremiah 38:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 King Zedekiah said, “Here he is; he is in your hands, for the king is powerless against you.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hands; for the king is in no position to do anything against you. American Standard Version (1901) And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you. Common English Bible “He’s in your hands,” King Zedekiah said, “for the king can do nothing to stop you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And king Zedekiah said: "Behold, he is in your hands. For it is not fitting for the king to deny you anything." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And king Sedecias said: Behold, he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing. |
But David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should today become an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”
Today I am powerless, even though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too violent for me. The Lord pay back the one who does wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!”
The fear of others lays a snare, but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.
But as for me, here I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
Then King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You shall be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you!”
A stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet ring of his lords, so that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
Achish replied to David, “I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless, the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’