“For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my master the sovereign. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out any more to the sovereign?”
2 Samuel 19:29 - The Scriptures 1998 Then the sovereign said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I have said, ‘You and Tsiḇ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king said to him, Why speak any more of your affairs? I say, You and Ziba divide the land. American Standard Version (1901) And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land. Common English Bible “You don’t need to talk any more about this,” the king said to him. “I order you and Ziba to divide the property.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then the king said to him: "Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the king said to him: Why speakest thou any more? what I have said is determined: thou and Siba divide the possessions. |
“For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my master the sovereign. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out any more to the sovereign?”
Him who secretly slanders his neighbour I cut off; I do not tolerate one Who has a haughty look and a proud heart.
How long would you judge perversely, And show partiality to the wrong? Selah.
He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.
“But if it is a question of words and names and a law which is among you, see to it yourselves, for I do not wish to be a judge of these matters.”