2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2 Samuel 14:16 in other translations
| BSB | For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’ |
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| WEB | For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. |
| ASV | For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. |
| YLT | for the king doth hearken to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man seeking to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God, |
| DARBY | For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. |
| BBE | For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God. |
| Webster | For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid from the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. |
What does 2 Samuel 14:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 14:2-21
2Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah. 2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the public interests made him hesitate…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:1-20
We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.
2 Samuel 14:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 14:16
- 1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 14:15
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
- 2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
- 2 Samuel 14:17
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.
2 Samuel 14:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues el rey oirá, para librar á su sierva de mano del hombre que me quiere raer á mí, y á mi hijo juntamente, de la heredad de Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car le roi écoutera, pour délivrer sa servante de la main de l’homme qui veut nous exterminer, moi et mon fils ensemble, de l’héritage de Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn der König wird erhören, um seine Magd aus der Hand des Mannes zu erretten, der mich und meinen Sohn zusammen aus dem Erbteil Gottes vertilgen will. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et audivit rex, ut liberaret ancillam suam de manu omnium qui volebant de hæreditate Dei delere me, et filium meum simul. |