2 Samuel 14:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ When the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

Common English Bible

⁴ When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell facedown, bowing low out of respect. “King, help me!” she said.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, "Save me, O king."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.

2 Samuel 14:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance.

2 Samuel 14:22

Joab prostrated himself with his face to the ground and did obeisance and blessed the king, and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”

2 Samuel 14:5

The king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 18:28

Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “All is well!” He prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king.”

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other and wept with each other; David wept the more.

1 Samuel 25:23

When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from the donkey and fell before David on her face, bowing to the ground.