2 Samuel 14:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

2 Samuel 14:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Samuel 14:18 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Samuel 14:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king now speak.””

2 Samuel 14:18 — World English Bible

2 Samuel 14:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. ”

2 Samuel 14:18 — American Standard Version

2 Samuel 14:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the king answereth and saith unto the woman, `Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I am asking thee;' and the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, my lord the king speak.'”

2 Samuel 14:18 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 14:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the king answered and said to 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. ”

2 Samuel 14:18 — Darby Translation

2 Samuel 14:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then the King answered, and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall aske thee. And the woman sayde, Let my lord the King now speake.”

2 Samuel 14:18 — Geneva Bible

2 Samuel 14:18 in Context — 2 Samuel 14

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:

20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

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What Does 2 Samuel 14:18 Mean?

2 Samuel 14:18 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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