2 Samuel 14:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.”
2 Samuel 14:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 14:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 14:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.”
2 Samuel 14:13 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 14:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one. ”
2 Samuel 14:13 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 14:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the woman saith, `And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast;”
2 Samuel 14:13 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 14:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing againstGod's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. ”
2 Samuel 14:13 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 14:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then the woman sayde, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? or why doeth the King, as one which is faultie, speake this thing, that he will not bring againe his banished?”
2 Samuel 14:13 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 14:13 in Context — 2 Samuel 14
11 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.
12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
What Does 2 Samuel 14:13 Mean?
2 Samuel 14:13 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 14. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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