And now I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, because the people have made me afraid. And your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king. It may be that the king will do what his handmaid has asked.
2 Samuel 14:16 - Modern King James Version For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. 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. |
And now I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, because the people have made me afraid. And your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king. It may be that the king will do what his handmaid has asked.
I am peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
For He shall deliver the needy when he cries; and the poor with no helper.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.
For Jehovah's portion is His people. Jacob is the lot of His inheritance.
And now, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the sons of men, they are cursed before Jehovah. For they have driven me out today from joining myself with the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.