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? ’
2 Samuel 19:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The king said to him, ‘Why keep on speaking about these matters of yours? I hereby declare: you and Ziba are to divide the land.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king said to him, Why speak any more of your affairs? I say, You and Ziba divide the land. American Standard Version (1901) And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land. Common English Bible “You don’t need to talk any more about this,” the king said to him. “I order you and Ziba to divide the property.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then the king said to him: "Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the king said to him: Why speakest thou any more? what I have said is determined: thou and Siba divide the possessions. |
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? ’
Mephibosheth said to the king, ‘Instead, since my lord the king has come to his palace safely, let Ziba take it all! ’
There was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king said to him, ‘Are you Ziba? ’ ‘I am your servant,’ he replied.
‘Don’t be afraid,’ David said to him, ‘since I intend to show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.’
Then the king summoned Saul’s attendant Ziba and said to him, ‘I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and his family.
The one who gives an answer before he listens – this is foolishness and disgrace for him.
But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.’