2 Samuel 18:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.””
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“If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou--thou dost station thyself over-against.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 18:13 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 1:15Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
- 2 Samuel 4:10when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
- 2 Samuel 14:19So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
- 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.”
- Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
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