2 Samuel 19:42
42 Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is my close relative! Why are you this angry over this matter? ⌊Have we by any means eaten anything from the king? Did we take by any means anything that was not ours⌋?”k
2 Samuel 19:42 — The New International Version (NIV)
42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about it? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions? Have we taken anything for ourselves?”
2 Samuel 19:42 — English Standard Version (ESV)
42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?”
2 Samuel 19:42 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?
2 Samuel 19:42 — New Living Translation (NLT)
42 The men of Judah replied, “The king is one of our own kinsmen. Why should this make you angry? We haven’t eaten any of the king’s food or received any special favors!”
2 Samuel 19:42 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
42 So all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative of ours. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?”
2 Samuel 19:42 — New Century Version (NCV)
42 All the people of Judah answered the Israelites, “We did this because the king is our close relative. Why are you angry about it? We have not eaten food at the king’s expense or taken anything for ourselves!”
2 Samuel 19:42 — American Standard Version (ASV)
42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?
2 Samuel 19:42 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to me; and why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten anything which came from the king, or has he given us any present?
2 Samuel 19:42 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
42 All the people of Judah answered the people of Israel, “Because the king is our relative. Why are you angry about this? Did we eat the king’s food, or did he give us any gifts?”
2 Samuel 19:42 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
42 All the men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our relative. Why does this make you angry? Have we ever eaten anything of the king’s or been honored at all?”
2 Samuel 19:42 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
42 All the people of Judah answered the people of Israel, “Because the king is near of kin to us. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?”
2 Samuel 19:42 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
42 All of the men of Judah answered the men of Israel. They said, “We did that because the king is our close relative. So why should you be angry about what happened? Have we eaten any of the king’s food? Have we taken anything for ourselves?”
2 Samuel 19:42 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
42 Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense, or has anything been taken for us?”