2 Samuel 14:15 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 14:15 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 →
וְ֠עַתָּה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
בָּ֜אתִי
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
לְדַבֵּ֨ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֲדֹנִי֙
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
הַדָּבָ֣ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
הַזֶּ֔ה
zeh
H2088
this
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
יֵֽרְאֻ֖נִי
yârêʼ
H3372
to fear
הָעָ֑ם
ʻam
H5971
people
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙
shiphchâh
H8198
maid
אֲדַבְּרָה
dâbar
H1696
to speak
נָּ֣א
nâʼ
H4994
please
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אוּלַ֛י
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
דְּבַ֥ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
אֲמָתֽוֹ
ʼâmâh
H519
maid
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And now that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, because the people have frightened me. And your maidservant said, ‘Let me now speak to the king. Perhaps the king will do the word of his female servant.
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