2 Samuel 14:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ And the woman said, “And why have you reasoned like this against the people of Elohim? For in speaking this word the sovereign is as one who is guilty, in that the sovereign does not bring his outcast one home again.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ [She] said, Why then have you planned such a thing against God's people? For in speaking this word the king is like one who is guilty, in that [he] does not bring home his banished one.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

Common English Bible

¹³ The woman said, “Why have you planned the very same thing against God’s people? In giving this order, the king has become guilty because the king hasn’t restored his own banished son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And the woman said: "Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected?

2 Samuel 14:13 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

Then Nathan said to Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 14:12

And the woman said, “Please, let your female servant speak a word to my master the sovereign.” And he said, “Speak.”

2 Samuel 7:8

“And now, say to My servant Dawiḏ

Judges 20:2

And the leaders of all the people, all the tribes of Yisra’ĕ