2 Samuel 14:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for the king doth hearken to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man <FI>seeking<Fi> to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:16 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
- Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Proverbs 16:10A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
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