Then the king answered the woman, ‘I’m going to ask you something; don’t conceal it from me! ’ ‘Let my lord the king speak,’ the woman replied.
2 Samuel 14:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the woman said, The word of my lord the king will now give me rest and security, for as an angel of God is my lord the king to hear and discern good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you! American Standard Version (1901) Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee. Common English Bible Your servant thought, The word of my master the king will definitely comfort me, because my master the king is like one of God’s messengers, understanding good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you!” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, let your handmaid speak, so that the word of my lord the king may be like a sacrifice. For even like an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, so that he is moved by neither a blessing, nor a curse. Then too, the Lord your God is with you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of the Lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he is neither moved with blessing nor cursing. Wherefore the Lord thy God is also with thee. |
Then the king answered the woman, ‘I’m going to ask you something; don’t conceal it from me! ’ ‘Let my lord the king speak,’ the woman replied.
Joab your servant has done this to address the issue indirectly, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, knowing everything on earth.’
Ziba slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do whatever you think best.
For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king? ’
All Israel heard about the judgement the king had given, and they stood in awe of the king because they saw that God’s wisdom was in him to carry out justice.
So give your servant a receptive heart to judge your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours? ’
As a crucible refines silver, and a smelter refines gold, so a person should refine his praise.
But solid food is for the mature #– #for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
We will obey you, just as we obeyed Moses in everything. Certainly the Lord your God will be with you, as he was with Moses.
Achish answered David, ‘I’m convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders have said, “He must not go into battle with us.”