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2 Samuel 14:16

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14:16Yes!18 The king may19 listen and deliver his female servant20 from the hand of the man who seeks to remove21 both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’22

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Footnotes

  1. 18 Or “for.”
  2. 19 Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here.
  3. 20 Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”
  4. 21 Heb “destroy.”
  5. 22 Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Perhaps 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.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The king will surely listen in order to keep his servant from the grasp of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance.

NLTNew Living Translation

and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance God has given us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the king will listen, to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who seeks to destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of God.’

KJV 1900King James Version

For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.