2 Samuel 18:13

2 Samuel 18:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
• New International Version (NIV)And if I had put my life in jeopardy—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have kept your distance from me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Otherwise I would have dealt falsely against my own life. For there is nothing hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.”

Context of 2 Samuel 18:13

11Then Joab said to his informant, “Look here, you saw him, so why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt!” 12But the man said to Joab, “Even if I had 1,000 pieces of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king charged you, Abishai and Ittai saying, ‘Watch over the young man Absalom for me.’ Otherwise, I would have betrayed his soul—and nothing stays hidden from the king—and you yourself would have stood aloof.” 14“I won’t wait for you!” Joab said. So he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15Then ten young men who were Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck and finished him off.

2 Samuel 18:13 word by word

אֽוֹ־עָשִׂ֤יתִי בְנַפְשִׁי֙ שֶׁ֔קֶר וְכָל־דָּבָ֖ר לֹא־יִכָּחֵ֣ד מִן־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּתְיַצֵּ֥ב מִנֶּֽגֶד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Otherwiseאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• I should have wroughtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• falsehoodשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• against mine own lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• for there is no matterדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• hidכָּחַדkâchad · to hideH3582
• from the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and thou thyself wouldest have setיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 18:13

• 2 Samuel 1:15Then David called one of the young men and said, “Come and strike him down.” And he struck him down and he died.
• 2 Samuel 4:10when someone informed me saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead!’ thinking he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, instead of rewarding him for his news.
• 2 Samuel 14:19Then the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” “As your soul lives, my lord the king,” the woman answered, “no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Yes, your servant Joab was the one who commanded me and put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.
• Hebrews 4:13No creature is hidden from Him, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me - This is a strong appeal to Joab's loyalty, and respect for the orders of David; but he was proof against every fine feeling, and against every generous sentiment.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The man gives a remarkable incidental testimony to David‘s sagacity and penetration (compare 2 Samuel 14:19), and to Joab‘s known unscrupulousness.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men from misery and contempt, but heavenly wisdom and the grace of God.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 18:13

• Absalom
• Citizens
• Ephraim
• Loyalty
• Parents

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• Crime; Crimes
• David
• Israel, History of
• Joab

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18

• 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