2 Samuel 14:13
What does 2 Samuel 14:13 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 14:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the woman saith, `And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing againstGod's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.
Context
v.12Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
v.13This passage
v.14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 12:7
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
- 1 Kings 20:40
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
- Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
- 2 Samuel 13:37
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
- Luke 7:42
When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
- 2 Samuel 7:8
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;
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