2 Samuel 14:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Samuel 14:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 14:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 14:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’””
2 Samuel 14:17 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 14:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Samuel 14:17 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 14:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so <FI>is<Fi> my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.'”
2 Samuel 14:17 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 14:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel ofGod, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thyGod will be with thee. ”
2 Samuel 14:17 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 14:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore thine handmaid sayd, The word of my lord the King shall now be comfortable: for my lorde the King is euen as an Angel of God in hearing of good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God be with thee.”
2 Samuel 14:17 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 14:17 in Context — 2 Samuel 14
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.
16 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.
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.
18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
What Does 2 Samuel 14:17 Mean?
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