2 Samuel 15:15

Myles Coverdale Bible

Then sayde the kynges seruauntes vnto him: Loke what my LORDE ye kinge choseth, beholde, here are thy seruauntes.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king’s servants said to the king, “Whatever my lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

Hebrew Names Version
The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.

King James Version
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

Lexham English Bible
Then the servants of the king said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king chooses, your servants are ready to act!"

English Standard Version
And the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides."

New Century Version
The king's officers said to him, "We will do anything you say."

New English Translation
The king's servants replied to the king, "We will do whatever our lord the king decides."

Amplified Bible
The king's servants said to him, "Listen, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides."

New American Standard Bible
Then the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants will do whatever my lord the king chooses."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Kings seruants sayd vnto him, Behold, thy seruants are ready to do according to all that my lord the King shal appoynt.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

Contemporary English Version
The officials said, "Your Majesty, we'll do whatever you say."

Complete Jewish Bible
The king's servants said to the king, "Here, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides."

Darby Translation
And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, thy servants [will do] whatever my lord the king shall choose.

Easy-to-Read Version
The king's officers told him, "We will do whatever you tell us."

George Lamsa Translation
And the kings servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king wants to do.

Good News Translation
"Yes, Your Majesty," they answered. "We are ready to do whatever you say."

Literal Translation
And the king's servants said to the king, According to all that my lord the king desires, behold, your servants will do .

American Standard Version
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.

Bible in Basic English
And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the kinges seruauntes sayd vnto him: Beholde, thy seruauntes are redy to do whatsoeuer my lord the king shall appoynt.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king's servants said unto the king: 'Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.'

King James Version (1611)
And the kings seruants said vnto the king, Behold, thy seruants are readie to doe whatsoeuer my lord the king shall appoint.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king’s servants said to the king, In all things which our lord the king chooses, behold we are thy servants.

English Revised Version
And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.

Berean Standard Bible
The king's servants replied, "Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the seruauntis of the kyng seiden to hym, We thi seruauntis schulen performe gladli alle thingis, what euer thingis oure lord the kyng schal comaunde.

Young's Literal Translation
And the servants of the king say unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king chooseth -- lo, thy servants [do].'

Update Bible Version
And the king's slaves said to the king, Look, your slaves are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, thy servants [are ready to do] whatever my lord the king shall appoint.

World English Bible
The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.

New King James Version
And the king's servants said to the king, "We are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king commands."

New Living Translation
"We are with you," his advisers replied. "Do what you think is best."

New Life Bible
The king's servants said to him, "See, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

New Revised Standard
The king's officials said to the king, "Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king decides."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king's servants said unto the king, - According to all that my lord the king shall choose, here are thy servants.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king’s servants said to him: Whatsoever our lord the king shall command, we thy servants will willingly execute.

Revised Standard Version
And the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides."

THE MESSAGE
The king's servants said, "Whatever our master, the king, says, we'll do; we're with you all the way!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

Contextual Overview

¹³ Then came one which tolde Dauid, and sayde, that the hert of euery man in Israel folowed Absalom. ¹⁴ Dauid sayde vnto all his seruauntes that were with him at Ierusalem: Vp, let vs fle, for here shall be no escapynge for vs before Absalom. Make haist that we maye be goynge, lest he ouertake vs and catch vs, and dryue some mysfortune vpon vs, and smyte the cyte with the edge of the swerde. ¹⁵ Then sayde the kynges seruauntes vnto him: Loke what my LORDE ye kinge choseth, beholde, here are thy seruauntes. ¹⁶ And the kynge wente forth on fote wt all his housholde. But ten concubynes lefte he to kepe the house. ¹⁷ And whan the kynge and all the people came forth on fote, they wete farre from home, ¹⁸ and all his seruauntes wente by him, and all the Chrethians and Plethians, and all the Gethites (euen sixe hundreth men) which were come on fote from Gath, wente before the kynge. ¹⁹ And the kynge sayde vnto Ithai ye Gethite: Why goest thou also with vs? Turne backe, and byde with the kynge, for thou art a straunger: get the hence agayne vnto thy place. ²⁰ Thou camest yesterdaye, and to daye thou iuperdest to go with vs: As for me, I wyl go whither I can: turne thou backe agayne, and mercy and faithfulnes happen vnto thy brethren with the. ²¹ Ithai answered, and sayde: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as my lorde the kynge lyueth, loke in what place my lorde the kynge shalbe, (whether it chaunce to life or death) there shal thy seruaunt be also. ²² Dauid sayde vnto Ithai: Then come, and go with vs. So wente Ithai the Gethite and all his men, and the whole multitude of the children that were with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Behold: Proverbs 18:24, Luke 22:28, Luke 22:29, John 6:66-69, John 15:14

appoint: Heb. choose

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:40 - Do what seemeth

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
It happened after these actes, yt the worde of ye LORDE came vnto Abra in a vysion, and sayde: Feare not Abram, I am thy shylde and thy exceadinge greate rewarde.

Genesis 15:2
But Abram sayde: LORDE LORDE, what wilt thou geue me? I go childles, and the seruaunt of my house (this Eleasar of Damascos) hath a sonne.

Genesis 15:7
And he sayde vnto him: I am ye LORDE, yt brought the from Vr out of Chaldea, to geue ye this londe to possesse it.

Genesis 15:9
And he sayde vnto him: Take a cow of thre yeare olde, and a she goate of thre yeare olde, and a ramme of thre yeare olde, and a turtyll doue, and a yonge pigeon.

Genesis 15:13
And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertye, that thy sede shalbe a strauger, in a londe that is not theirs. And they shall make bonde men of them, and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares.

Genesis 15:16
And after the fourth generacion they shall come hither agayne, for the wickednes of ye Amorites is not yet full.

Genesis 15:19
the Kenytes, the Kenizites, the Kydmonites,

Genesis 23:4
I am a strauger and an indweller amonge you, geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I maye bury my coarse by me.

Genesis 23:19
Then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the dubble caue of the felde, that lyeth ouer before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the londe of Canaan.

Genesis 35:29
& fell sicke, and dyed, & was gathered vnto his people, whan he was olde, & had lyued ynough: and his sonnes Esau & Iacob buried him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king's servants said unto the king,.... In answer to him, and to show that they were quite conformable to his pleasure:

behold, thy servants [are ready to do] whatsoever my lord the king shalt appoint; or "choose" k, whether to prepare to fight, and defend him and the city, or to depart and make their escape.

k יבחר "elegerit", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.