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2 Samuel 14:12

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
2 Samuel 14:12 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

    ASV

  • Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

    BBE

  • And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

    DBY

  • Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, Say on.

    WEB

  • And the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he saith, `Speak.'

    YLT

  • Then the woman said, Let yours handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

    ENG

  • Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

    WBT

  • Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

    BSB

In context

10And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

13And 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.

14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

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