2 Samuel 14:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’””
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“And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so <FI>is<Fi> my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:17 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 1:17Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.
- 1 Samuel 29:9Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
- 2 Samuel 14:20Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
- 2 Samuel 19:27and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
- 2 Samuel 19:28For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
- 1 Kings 3:9Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- 1 Kings 3:28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
- Job 6:30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
- Proverbs 27:21A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
- Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
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