2 Samuel 14:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ I know that the words of my lord the king will give me rest, because you are like an angel from God. You know what is good and what is bad. And the Lord your God is with you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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.

2 Samuel 14:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 14:18

King David answered the woman, “You must answer the question I will ask you.”

2 Samuel 14:20

{Joab did these things} so that you would see things differently. My lord, you are as wise as God’s angel. You know everything that happens on earth.”

2 Samuel 19:27

But my servant tricked me. He {only went to you and} said bad things about me. But my lord and king, you are like an angel from God. Do whatever you think is right.

2 Samuel 19:28

You could have killed all my grandfather’s [111] family. But you did not do this. You put me with the people who eat at your own table. So I don’t have a right to complain to the king about anything.”

1 Kings 3:28

The people of Israel heard about King Solomon’s decision. They respected and honored him very much because he was wise. They saw that he had the wisdom of God [18] in making the right decisions.

1 Kings 3:9

So I ask that you give me wisdom so that I can rule and judge the people in the right way. This will allow me to know the difference between right and wrong. Without this great wisdom, it is impossible to rule these great people.”

Job 6:30

I am not lying.\par And I know right from wrong.”\par

Proverbs 27:21

People use fire to make gold and silver pure. In the same way, a man is tested by the praise people give him.

Proverbs 29:5

If a person tries to get what he wants by saying nice things to people, then he is only setting a trap for himself.

Hebrews 5:14

We have a great high priest {\cf2\super [35]} who has gone to live with God in heaven. He is Jesus the Son of God. So let us continue strongly in the faith we have.

Joshua 1:17

We will obey whatever you say, the same as we obeyed Moses. We only ask one thing from the Lord. We ask that the Lord your God will be with you the same as he was with Moses.

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish answered, “I believe that you are a good man. You are like an angel from God. But the Philistine captains still say, ‘David can’t go with us into battle.’