Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 14:14
14For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
2 Samuel 14:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For we will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises means, so that His banished ones are not expelled from Him.
Context of 2 Samuel 14:14
12Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied. 13The 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? For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him. 15Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant. 16For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 Samuel 14:14 word by word
כִּי־מ֣וֹת נָמ֔וּת וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ הַנִּגָּרִ֣ים אַ֔רְצָה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ וְלֹֽא־יִשָּׂ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ נֶ֔פֶשׁ וְחָשַׁב֙ מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּ֛י יִדַּ֥ח מִמֶּ֖נּוּ נִדָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
- Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- we will surely dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
- and be like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- poured outנָגַרnâgar · to pourH5064
- on the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- cannotלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- be recoveredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
- Yet Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- take awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- a lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
- but He devisesחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: designH2803
- waysמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
- that the banished oneנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
- may notבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
- from Himמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:14
- 2 Samuel 11:25Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
- Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Job 34:15all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
- Job 14:7For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalms 79:3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
- Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
- Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
- Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
- Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
- Romans 2:11For God does not show favoritism.
- 1 Peter 1:17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For we must needs die - Whatever is done must be done quickly; all must die; God has not exempted any person from this common lot. Though Amnon be dead, yet the death of Absalom cannot bring him to life, nor repair this loss. Besides, for his crime, he justly deserved to die; and thou, in this case didst not administer justice. Horrible as this fratricide is, it is a pardonable case: the crime of Amnon was the most flagitious; and the offense to Absalom…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14His banished - The use of the word as applied to one of the people of God driven into a pagan land, is well illustrated by Deuteronomy 30:4-5; Jeremiah 40:12; Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19. Neither doth God respect any person - Some prefer the margin: “And God does not take away life, in the case of every sin that deserves death, e. g. David‘s own case 2 Samuel 12:13, but devises devices that the wanderer may not be forever expelled from him, i. e., for the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14God … devises ways: The woman encouraged David to make peace with Absalom, just as God does with his people. God did not stay distant from David when he sinned. He forgave the king when he repented.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-212Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah. 2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the public interests made him hesitate about recalling or pardoning his guilty son…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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