2 Samuel 14:10
8 “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
9 But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
11 “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
12 Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
- KJV
- And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
- WEB
- The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”
- ASV
- And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
- DARBY
- And the king said, Whoever speaks to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
- BLB
- And the king said, “He who speaks to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.”
- ÅB
- Kongen sa: Taler noen til deg, skal du føre ham til meg; så skal han ikke mere gjøre deg noe.
- OTB
- Kongen sa: “Hvis noen plager deg, bring ham til meg, og han skal ikke plage deg igjen.”
- B1930
- Kongen sa: Taler nogen til dig, skal du føre ham til mig; så skal han ikke mere gjøre dig noget.