2 Samuel 18:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life–for nothing is hidden from the king–you yourself would have taken sides against me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

Common English Bible

¹³ If I had taken Absalom’s life behind the king’s back then—though nothing is hidden from the king—you would have kept your distance from me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then too, if I had acted with such audacity, against my own life, this would never have been able to be hidden from the king. And would you then have stood by my side?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Yea, and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king. And wouldst thou have stood by me?

2 Samuel 18:13 Cross References

Hebrews 4:13

And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.