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


In Context

9 And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

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

11 Then 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.

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

13 And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one who is faulty, in that the king doth not bring home again his banished.

14 For 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.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:12Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

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 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.