13Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?


In Context

10 And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.

11 And Joab said to the man that told him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not stab him to the ground, and I would have given thee ten sicles of silver, and belt?

12 And he said to Joab: If thou wouldst have paid down in my hands a thousand pieces of silver, I would not lay my hands upon the king's son: for in our hearing he king charged thee, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom.

13 Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?

14 And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,

15 Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.

2 Samuel 18:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And if I had put my life in jeopardy - and nothing is hidden from the king-you would have kept your distance from me."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me. ]

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king, and thou wouldest have set thyself against me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life, (and there is no matter hid from the king,) then thou thyself wouldest have stood aloof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldst have set thyself against me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou — thou dost station thyself over-against.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13Otherwise I should have worked falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.