2 Samuel 14:8

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

"Go home," the king said to the woman, "and I will give orders on your behalf."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king told the woman, “Go home. I will issue a command on your behalf.”

Hebrew Names Version
The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.

King James Version
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Lexham English Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I myself will give the command concerning you."

English Standard Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."

New Century Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go home. I will take care of this for you."

New English Translation
Then the king told the woman, "Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation."

Amplified Bible
Then David said to the woman, "Go to your home, and I will give orders concerning you."

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your home, and I will issue orders concerning you."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto the woman, Go to thine house, and I wil giue a charge for thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

Contemporary English Version
"Go on home," David told her. "I'll take care of this matter for you."

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said to the woman, "Go back home; I myself will decide what to do about you."

Darby Translation
And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go home. I will take care of things for you."

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to her, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.

Good News Translation
"Go back home," the king answered, "and I will take care of the matter."

Literal Translation
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give command concerning you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynge sayde vnto the woman: Go ye waye home, I wil geue a comaudemet for ye.

American Standard Version
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Bible in Basic English
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde vnto the woman: Go home to thyne house, I wyll geue a charge for thee.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said unto the woman: 'Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.'

King James Version (1611)
And the king saide vnto the woman, Goe to thine house, and I will giue charge concerning thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to thy house, and I will give commandment concerning thee.

English Revised Version
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng seide to the womman, Go in to thin hows, and Y schal comaunde for thee.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith unto the woman, `Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.'

Update Bible Version
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

World English Bible
The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.

New King James Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."

New Living Translation
"Leave it to me," the king told her. "Go home, and I'll see to it that no one touches him."

New Life Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house. I will say what should be done about your trouble."

New Revised Standard
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said unto the woman - Go to thy house, and, I, will give command concerning thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to the woman: Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Revised Standard Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."

THE MESSAGE
The king said, "Go home, and I'll take care of this for you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."

Contextual Overview

¹Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart longed for Absalom. ²So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, "Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time. ³Then go to the king and speak these words to him." And Joab put the words in her mouth. ⁴When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, "Help me, O king!" ⁵"What troubles you?" the king asked her. "Indeed," she said, "I am a widow, for my husband is dead. ⁶And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. ⁷Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, 'Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!' So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband's name or posterity on the earth." ⁸"Go home," the king said to the woman, "and I will give orders on your behalf."⁹But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord the king, may any blame be on me and my father's house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless." ¹⁰"If anyone speaks to you," said the king, "bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!"

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 14:2
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Genesis 14:3
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

Genesis 19:20
Look, this town is near enough for me flee to it, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there-is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved."

Genesis 19:22
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it." That is why the town was called Zoar.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said to the woman, go to thine house,.... Go home and make thyself easy:

and I will give charge concerning thee; intimating that he would inquire into her case; and if it was as she had represented it, he would give orders that she should not be disturbed, or be obliged to deliver up her son, and that he should be safe from those that sought his life.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will give charge ... - Indirectly granting her petition, and assenting that her son’s life should be spared.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 14:8. I will give charge concerning thee. — This would not do, it was too distant; and she could not by it bring her business to a conclusion: so she proceeds: -