2 Samuel 14:13 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 14:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
וְלָ֧מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה
châshab
H2803
to think
כָּזֹ֖את
zôʼth
H2063
this
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
עַ֣ם
ʻam
H5971
people
אֱלֹהִ֑ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
הַדָּבָ֤ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
הַזֶּה֙
zeh
H2088
this
כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם
ʼâshêm
H818
guilty
לְבִלְתִּ֛י
biltîy
H1115
except
הָשִׁ֥יב
shûwb
H7725
to return
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֶֽת
ʼêth
H853
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נִדְּחֽוֹ
nâdach
H5080
to thrust
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World English Bible Public Domain
The woman said, Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the woman said, “Then why have you devised like this against the people of God? For from speaking this word, the king like the guilty, in that the king has not brought back his banished one.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).