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2 Samuel 14:17-19
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 Samuel 14:17-19
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
17 Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God.(A) May the Lord your God be with you.’
18 Then the king answered the woman, ‘I’m going to ask you something; don’t conceal it from me! ’
‘Let my lord the king speak,’ the woman replied.
19 The king asked, ‘Did Joab put you up to[a] all this? ’
The woman answered. ‘As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left from all my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave orders to me; he told your servant exactly what to say.[b]
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2 Samuel 14:17-19
New International Version
2 Samuel 14:17-19
New International Version
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(A) of God in discerning(B) good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”
18 Then 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.
19 The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab(C) with you in 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 my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.
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