2 Samuel 14:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the ^(A)inheritance of God.’ ¹⁷Your maidservant said, ‘The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for ^(B)as the angel of God, so is my lord the king in ^(C)discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’ ”

¹⁸Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I ask you.”

And the woman said, “Please, let my lord the king speak.”

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2 Samuel 14:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from ^(A)the heritage of God.’ ¹⁷And your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is ^(B)like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”

¹⁸Then the king answered the woman, “Do not hide from me anything I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.”

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2 Samuel 14:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’^(A)

¹⁷“And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel^(B) of God in discerning^(C) good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”

¹⁸Then the king said to the woman, “Don’t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.”

“Let my lord the king speak,” the woman said.

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