2 Samuel 14:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.”
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“Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word 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 servant.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, <FI>it is<Fi> because the people made me afraid, and thy maid-servant saith, Let me speak, I pray thee, unto the king; it may be the king doth do the word of his handmaid,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:15 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
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