2 Samuel 15:26
What does 2 Samuel 15:26 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 15:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here <FI>am<Fi> I, He doth to me as <FI>is<Fi> good in His eyes.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him.
Context
v.25And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
v.26This passage
v.27The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art thou not a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
- Job 1:20
Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
- Isaiah 42:1
Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
- Isaiah 62:4
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
- Numbers 14:8
If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
- 1 Samuel 3:18
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seemeth him good.
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