12Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.


In Context

9 And the woman of Thecua said to the king: Upon me, my lord, be the iniquity, and upon the house of my father: but may the king and his throne be guiltless.

10 And the king said: If any one shall say ought against thee, bring him to me, and be shall not touch thee any more.

11 And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

12 Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

13 And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?

14 We all die, and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God have a soul to perish, but recalleth, meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish.

2 Samuel 14:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said, "Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." "Speak," he replied.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:12And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said, |Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.| He said, |Say on.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:12And the woman saith, 'Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he saith, 'Speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said, Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.