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.|


In Context

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

11 Joab said to the man who told him, |Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash.|

12 The man said to Joab, |Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.'

13 Otherwise 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.|

14 Then Joab said, |I'm not going to wait like this with you.| 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 Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed 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 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 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.