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2 Samuel 14:12

10 And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

14 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.

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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

    And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

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  • Jeremiah 12:1

    Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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  • Acts 26:1

    Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

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  • 1 Samuel 25:24

    And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

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  • Genesis 44:18

    Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

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  • Genesis 18:32

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

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