8The king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf."


In Context

5 The king asked her, "What is troubling you?" She said, "I am indeed a widow; my husband is dead.

6 I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.

7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, 'Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.' They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth."

8 The king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf."

9 But the woman from Tekoa said to him, "My lord the king, let the blame rest on me and on my father's family, and let the king and his throne be without guilt."

10 The king replied, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you again."

2nd Samuel 14:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king said to the woman: Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8The king said to the woman, |Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king saith unto the woman, 'Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:8And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.