For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
2 Samuel 14:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And now I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. And I thought, I will speak to the king; it may be that he will perform the request of his servant. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. Common English Bible “I have come to my master the king to talk about this because people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, I must speak with the king. Maybe the king will act on the request of his servant, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, in the presence of the people. And your handmaid said: I will speak to the king, for perhaps there may be some way for the king to accomplish the word of his handmaid. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore I am come, to speak this word to my lord the king before the people. And thy handmaid said: I will speak to the king. It may be the king will perform the request of his handmaid. |
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
For the king will hear to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.