2 Samuel 14:8 ““Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your…”

2 Samuel 14:8

“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

World English Bible

The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”

American Standard Version

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the King said vnto the woman, Go to thine house, and I wil giue a charge for thee.

Darby Translation

And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king saith unto the woman, 'Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.'

Bible in Basic English

And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.

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Cross references

“I will give”

Proverbs 18:13 2 Samuel 16:4 Job 29:16 2 Samuel 12:5 2 Samuel 12:6 Isaiah 11:3

Proverbs 18:13 · BSB

He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.

2 Samuel 16:4 · BSB

So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

Job 29:16 · BSB

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

2 Samuel 12:5 · BSB

David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

2 Samuel 12:6 · BSB

Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”

Isaiah 11:3 · BSB

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

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

In context

7Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

9But 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.”

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