2 Samuël 14:11

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Waarop de vrouw zeide: Roepe toch de koning den naam van den Heer, zijn god, aan, dat hij den bloedwreker niet zal toelaten onheil aan te richten; opdat zij mijn zoon niet ombrengen. Toen sprak hij: Zo waar als de Heer Leeft, geen haar van uw zoon zal ter aarde vallen.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En zij sprak: De koning gedenke toch aan den Heer, zijnen God, opdat de bloedwreker niet nog meer ongeluk aanrichte, en mijnen zoon niet verdelge. Toen zeide hij: Zo waarachtig als de Heer leeft, er zal geen haar van uwen zoon op de aarde vallen.

Staten Vertaling
En zij zeide: De koning gedenke toch aan den HEERE, uw God, dat de bloedwrekers niet te vele worden om te verderven, dat zij mijn zoon niet verdelgen. Toen zeide hij: Zo waarachtig als de HEERE leeft, indien er een van de haren uws zoons op de aarde zal vallen!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

let the king: Genesis 14:22, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 31:50, 1 Samuel 20:42

thou: etc. Heb. the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy

the revengers: Numbers 35:19, Numbers 35:27, Deuteronomy 19:4-10, Joshua 20:3-6

As the Lord: 1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 28:10, Jeremiah 4:2

not one hair: 1 Kings 1:52, Matthew 10:30, Acts 27:34

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:21 - I have done 2 Samuel 16:4 - Behold 2 Kings 25:24 - sware to them 2 Chronicles 20:12 - we have Luke 12:7 - even Luke 21:18 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God,.... Who is a God gracious and merciful, and imitate him in showing mercy to the distressed; pitying their case, having compassion upon them, and relieving them, as she hoped he would commiserate her case, and provide for the safety of her son. Some think she desires not only to give his word, but his oath, for her son's safety: "remember the Lord thy God"; i.e. make mention of him, as men do when they swear by him; swear to me by the Lord thy God:

that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son, or, "from multiplying the avenger of blood" o; that there might not rise one after another to destroy her son: her meaning is, that the king would swear to her, and give out a general prohibition, an universal edict, that no one should slay her son; otherwise if only the avenger of blood that was next of kin was forbidden, others would rise up one after another, so that he would never be in safety:

and he said, [as] the Lord liveth; if she desired an oath, he granted her request, and swore by the living God:

there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth; so far shall his life be from being touched, or taken away, that the least hurt shall not be done him, as this proverbial expression signifies.

o מהרבות גאל הדם "a multiplicando redemptorem sanguinis", Montanus; so the Tigurine version.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 14:11. Let the king remember the Lord thy God — Consider that when God is earnestly requested to show mercy, he does it in the promptest manner; he does not wait till the case is hopeless: the danger to which my son is exposed is imminent; if the king do not decide the business instantly, it may be too late.

And he said, As the Lord liveth — Thus he binds himself by a most solemn promise and oath; and this is what the woman wanted to extort.