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.


In Context

10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

11 And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

12 And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

13 Otherwise 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.

14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

15 And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:13Yea 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?

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 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.