‘Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request.
2 Samuel 14:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The king will surely listen in order to keep his servant from the grasp of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the king will hear to deliver his handmaid from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from [Israel] the inheritance of God. American Standard Version (1901) For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. Common English Bible because the king will agree to deliver his servant from the power of anyone who would destroy both me and my son from the inheritance God gave. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king listened, and he freed his handmaid from the hand of all who were willing to take away me and my son together, from the inheritance of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king hath hearkened to me to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of all that would destroy me and my son together, out of the inheritance of God. |
‘Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request.
I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the Lord’s inheritance? ’
God’s verdict is on the lips of a king; , his mouth should not give an unfair judgement.
Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the Lord who has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the presence of the Lord, for today they have banished me from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, “Go and worship other gods.”