2 Samuel 18:13
What does 2 Samuel 18:13 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 18:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Otherwise 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Otherwise 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Otherwise 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862or 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.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king, and thou wouldest have set thyself against [me].
Context
v.12And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
v.13This passage
v.14Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 4:10
when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.
- Hebrews 4:13
And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
- 2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;
- 2 Samuel 1:15
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.
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