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2 Samuel 14:12

10 “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.”

Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

13 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?

14 For surely we will 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.

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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.

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BSB
Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
KJV
Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
WEB
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
ASV
Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
DARBY
And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.
BLB
And the woman said, “Please let your maidservant speak to my lord the king a word.” And he said, “Speak.”
ÅB
Da sa kvinnen: La din tjenerinne få tale enda et ord til min herre kongen. Og han sa: Tal!
OTB
Da sa kvinnen, “Vær så snill, la din tjenerinne tale et ord til min herre kongen.” Og han sa, “Tal.”
B1930
Da sa kvinnen: La din tjenerinne få tale ennu et ord til min herre kongen. Og han sa: Tal!

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Cross references

  • Genesis 18:27

    Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

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  • Jeremiah 12:1

    Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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  • Acts 26:1

    Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

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  • 1 Samuel 25:24

    She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.

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  • Genesis 44:18

    Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

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  • Genesis 18:32

    Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”

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