But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I promise to the Lord, the God Most High, the One who made heaven and earth—
2 Samuel 14:11 - Easy To Read Version The woman said, “Please, use the name of the Lord your God and swear (promise) that you will stop those people. They want to punish my son for murdering his brother. Swear that you won’t let them destroy my son.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And David said, As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth. American Standard Version (1901) Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. Common English Bible She said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God so that the one seeking revenge doesn’t add to the destruction and doesn’t kill my son.” “As surely as the LORD lives,” David said, “not one of your son’s hairs will fall to the ground.” Catholic Public Domain Version And she said, "Let the king remember the Lord his God, so that close blood relatives may not be multiplied in order to take revenge, and so that they may by no means kill my son." And he said, "As the Lord lives, not one hair from your son shall fall to the ground." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. |
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I promise to the Lord, the God Most High, the One who made heaven and earth—
Then Laban said, “If you hurt my daughters, remember that God will punish you. If you marry other women, remember that God is watching.
King David said, “If someone is saying bad things to you, then bring that person to me. He won’t bother you again.”
The woman said, “My lord and king, please let me say something else to you.”
The king said to Joab, “Look, I will do what I promised. Now please bring back the young man Absalom.”
So Solomon answered, “If Adonijah shows that he is a good man, then I promise that not even a hair on his head will be hurt. But if he does anything wrong, then he will die.”
If you do those things,\par then you will be able to use my name\par to make a promise:\par You will be able to say,\par ‘As the Lord lives.’\par And you will be able to use those words\par in a truthful, honest, and right way.\par If you do these things, then the nations\par will be blessed by the Lord.\par They will brag about the things\par that the Lord has done.”\par
A member of the dead man’s family [386] can chase that murderer and kill him.
Now I beg (ask) you to eat something. You need it to stay alive. None of you will lose even one hair off your heads.”
But the soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan led Israel to a great victory today. Must Jonathan die? Never! We swear (promise) by the living God that {no one will hurt Jonathan}—not one hair of Jonathan’s head will fall to the ground! God helped Jonathan fight against the Philistines today!” So the people saved Jonathan. He was not put to death.
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace. We used the Lord’s name and promised to be friends. We said that the Lord will be the witness between us and our descendants [178] forever.”
Saul used the Lord’s name to make a promise to the woman. He said, “As surely as the Lord lives, you will not be punished for doing this.”