His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my word, and go, get them for me.”
2 Samuel 14:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father’s house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, let the guilt be on me and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless. American Standard Version (1901) And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and the king and his throne be guiltless. Common English Bible The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My master and king, let the guilt be on me and on my father’s household. The king and his throne are innocent.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the woman of Tekoa said to the king: "May the iniquity be upon me, my lord, and upon the house of my father. But may the king and his throne be innocent." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the woman of Thecua said to the king: Upon me, my lord, be the iniquity, and upon the house of my father; but may the king and his throne be guiltless. |
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my word, and go, get them for me.”
I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
The king said, “If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again.”
Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever, but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.”
You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
She fell at his feet and said, “Upon me alone, my lord, be the guilt; please let your servant speak in your ears and hear the words of your servant.