2 Samuel 15:26

Good News Translation

But if he isn't pleased with me—well, then, let him do to me what he wishes."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
However, if he should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am—he can do with me whatever pleases him.”

Hebrew Names Version
but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

King James Version
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

Lexham English Bible
But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,' then I am ready. Let him do to me that which is good in his eyes.

English Standard Version
But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

New Century Version
But if the Lord says he is not pleased with me, I am ready. He can do what he wants with me."

New English Translation
However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,' then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate."

Amplified Bible
"But if He should say, 'I have no delight in you,' then here I am; let Him do to me what seems good to Him."

New American Standard Bible
"But if He says this: 'I have no delight in you,' then here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if he thus say, I haue no delite in thee, behold, here am I, let him doe to me as seemeth good in his eyes.

Legacy Standard Bible
But if He should say thus, ‘I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good in His sight."

Contemporary English Version
But if he says he isn't pleased with me, then let him do what he knows is best.

Complete Jewish Bible
But if he says, ‘I am displeased with you,' then — here I am; let him do to me whatever seems good to him."

Darby Translation
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him.

Easy-to-Read Version
But if he says he is not pleased with me, let him do whatever he wants to me."

George Lamsa Translation
But if he shall say, I have no delight in you; behold, here I am, let him do to me as seems good in his sight.

Literal Translation
And if He says this, I have not delighted in you, behold, I am here. He shall do to me as seems good in His eyes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf he saye thus: I haue no pleasure to ye, beholde, here am I, let him do with me as it pleaseth him.

American Standard Version
but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

Bible in Basic English
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if he thus say, I haue no lust vnto thee: beholde here am I, let hym do with me what semeth good in his eyes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
but if He say thus: I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let Him do to me as seemeth good unto Him.'

King James Version (1611)
But if he thus say, I haue no delight in thee: beholde, here am I, let him doe to me, as seemeth good vnto him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if he should say thus, I have no pleasure in thee; behold, here I am, let him do to me according to that which is good in his eyes.

English Revised Version
but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

Berean Standard Bible
But if He should say, 'I do not delight in you,' then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli if the Lord seith, Thou plesist not me; Y am redi, do he that, that is good bifor hym silf.

Young's Literal Translation
and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here [am] I, He doth to me as [is] good in His eyes.'

Update Bible Version
but if he says thus, I have no delight in you; look, here I am, let him do to me as is good in his eyes.

Webster's Bible Translation
But if he shall thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him.

World English Bible
but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

New King James Version
But if He says thus: "I have no delight in you,' here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

New Living Translation
But if he is through with me, then let him do what seems best to him."

New Life Bible
But if He says, ‘I have no joy in you,' then here I am. Let Him do to me what He thinks is good."

New Revised Standard
But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,' here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, if thus, he say, I have no delight in thee, here I am, let him do unto me as may be good in his eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.

Revised Standard Version
but if he says, 'I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if He should say thus, 'I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

Contextual Overview

²⁴ Zadok the priest was there, and with him were the Levites, carrying the sacred Covenant Box. They set it down and didn't pick it up again until all the people had left the city. The priest Abiathar was there too. ²⁵ Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the Covenant Box back to the city. If the Lord is pleased with me, some day he will let me come back to see it and the place where it stays. ²⁶ But if he isn't pleased with me—well, then, let him do to me what he wishes." ²⁷ And he went on to say to Zadok, "Look, take your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan and go back to the city in peace. ²⁸ Meanwhile, I will wait at the river crossings in the wilderness until I receive news from you." ²⁹ So Zadok and Abiathar took the Covenant Box back into Jerusalem and stayed there. ³⁰ David went on up the Mount of Olives crying; he was barefoot and had his head covered as a sign of grief. All who followed him covered their heads and cried also.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have not, 2 Samuel 22:20, Numbers 14:8, 1 Kings 10:9, 2 Chronicles 9:8, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 62:4, Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 32:41, Matthew 1:10

let: Judges 10:15, 1 Samuel 3:18, Job 1:20, Job 1:21, Psalms 39:9

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:3 - till I know 1 Chronicles 19:13 - let the Lord Psalms 89:38 - wroth Psalms 131:2 - quieted Ecclesiastes 9:1 - that the Isaiah 39:8 - Good Jeremiah 26:14 - as seemeth good and meet unto you Jonah 4:8 - and wished Matthew 26:39 - not Acts 9:10 - Behold Acts 21:14 - The will James 4:7 - Submit James 4:15 - If

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee,.... As a king, or in his temporal prosperity, though he might and had delight in him as a chosen vessel of salvation, as a saint and child of God, and in his spiritual and everlasting welfare:

behold, [here am] I; his humble servant, ready to be, and do and suffer whatever is his pleasure:

let him do to me as seemeth good unto him; strip me of all the ensigns of royalty, dispossess me of my crown and kingdom, and dispose of me as seems good in his sight; who is a sovereign Being, and has a right to do with his creatures what he pleases.