New English Translation
2 Samuel 14:12
12Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.”
2 Samuel 14:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” “Speak,” he replied.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the woman said, “Please, let your maidservant speak another word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Say on.”
Context of 2 Samuel 14:12
10The king said, “Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!” 11She replied, “In that case, let the king invoke the name of the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.” Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.” 13The woman said, “Why have you devised something like this against God’s people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished. 14Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 Samuel 14:12 word by word
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה תְּדַבֶּר־נָ֧א שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָ֑ר וַיֹּ֖אמֶר דַּבֵּֽרִי׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:12
- 1 Samuel 25:24Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!
- Genesis 18:27Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),
- Genesis 44:18Then Judah approached him and said, “My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.
- Jeremiah 12:1Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
- Acts 26:1So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense:
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Having at last obtained what she wanted, the king‘s oath that her son should not die, she proceeds to the case of Absalom. The meaning of 2 Samuel 14:13 may be paraphrased thus: “If you have done right as regards my son, how is it that you harbor such a purpose of vengeance against Absalom as to keep him, one of God‘s people, an outcast in a pagan country, far from the worship of the God of Israel? Upon your own showing you are guilty of a great fault in…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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