KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 14:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 14
10 And the king said, Whosoever saith [ought] unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
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.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayהָֽאִשָּׁ֔הH802 · ish.shahwomanוְלָ֧מָּהH4100 · mahwhat?חָשַׁ֛בְתָּהH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designכָּזֹ֖אתH2063 · zotthisעַל־H5921 · aluponעַ֣םH5971 · ampeopleאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוּמִדַּבֵּ֨רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakהַמֶּ֜לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingהַדָּבָ֤רH1697 · da.varwordהַזֶּה֙H2088 · zehthisכְּאָשֵׁ֔םH818 · a.shemguiltyלְבִלְתִּ֛יH1115 · bil.tilestהָשִׁ֥יבH7725 · shuvto return: returnהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]נִדְּחֽוֹ׃H5080 · na.dachto banish
Cross-references
2 Samuel 13:37-38But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou [art] the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;Judges 20:2And the chief of all the people, [even] of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.1 Kings 20:40-42And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So [shall] thy judgment [be]; thyself hast decided [it].Luke 7:42-44And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?2 Samuel 7:8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
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