2 Samuel 14:12 “Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord…”

2 Samuel 14:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the woman said, I pray thee, let thine handmayde speake a worde to my lord the King. And he sayd, Say on.

Darby Translation

And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

Young's Literal Translation

And the woman saith, 'Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he saith, 'Speak.'

Bible in Basic English

Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

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Cross references

“Let thine”

1 Samuel 25:24

1 Samuel 25:24 · BSB

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.

“speak one word”

Genesis 18:27 Genesis 18:32 Genesis 44:18 Jeremiah 12:1

Genesis 18:27 · BSB

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

Genesis 18:32 · BSB

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.”

Genesis 44:18 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 12:1 · BSB

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?

“Say on”

Acts 26:1

Acts 26:1 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.”

13The 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?

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