2 Samuel 14 · Verse 18

2 Samuel 14:18

Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
2 Samuel 14:18, King James Version

2 Samuel 14:18 in other translations

BSBThen the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.
WEBThen the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king now speak.”
ASVThen the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
YLTAnd the king answereth and saith unto the woman, ‘Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I am asking thee;' and the woman saith, ‘Let, I pray thee, my lord the king speak.'
DARBYAnd the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
BBEThen the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.
WebsterThen the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

What does 2 Samuel 14:18 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…

Read the full comment on 2 Samuel 14:2-21 →

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.

Read the full comment on 2 Samuel 14:1-20 →

2 Samuel 14:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֣עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
אַל\־'al-may notH408
נָ֨אna'pleaseH4994
תְכַחֲדִ֤יte.kha.cha.Diyou hideH3582
מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙mi.Me.nifrom meH4480
דָּבָ֔רda.VaranythingH1697
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiIH595
שֹׁאֵ֣לsho.'El[am] askingH7592
אֹתָ֑ךְ'o.Takh<obj.> youH853
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand she saidH559
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
יְדַבֶּר\־ye.da.ber-let him speakH1696
נָ֖אna'pleaseH4994
אֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.Nilord myH113
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 14:18

  • Jeremiah 38:14

    Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

  • Jeremiah 38:25

    But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

  • 1 Samuel 3:17-18

    And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hide not.
1Sa 3:17,18; Jer 38:14,25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 14:18

    Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

  • 2 Samuel 14:19

    And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

Read all of 2 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 14:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces él respondió, y dijo á la mujer: Yo te ruego que no me encubras nada de lo que yo te preguntare. Y la mujer dijo: Hable mi señor el rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi répondit, et dit à la femme: Je te prie, ne me cache pas la chose que je vais te demander. Et la femme dit: Que le roi, mon seigneur, parle, je te prie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da antwortete der König und sprach zu dem Weibe: Verhehle mir doch ja nichts, wonach ich dich fragen will! Und das Weib sprach: Es wolle doch mein Herr, der König, reden!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et respondens rex, dixit ad mulierem: Ne abscondas a me verbum quod te interrogo. Dixitque ei mulier: Loquere, domine mi rex.