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2 Samuel 14:13

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13Then the woman said, “aWhy then have you thought up such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back bhis banished one.

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Cross references

  1. a2 Sam 12:7; 1 Kin 20:40–42
  2. b2 Sam 13:37, 38

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The woman said, “Why then have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The woman asked, “Why have you devised something similar against the people of God? When the king spoke as he did about this matter, he has pronounced his own guilt. The king has not brought back his own banished one.

NLTNew Living Translation

She replied, “Why don’t you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The woman said, “But why have you plotted like this against the people of God? By speaking this word, he is guilty not to bring back his banished one.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.