2 Samuel 14:8

New Revised Standard

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

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.

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

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."

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

¹ Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's mind was on Absalom. ² Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead. ³ Go to the king and speak to him as follows." And Joab put the words into her mouth. ⁴ When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king!" ⁵ The king asked her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead. ⁶ Your servant had two sons, and they fought with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him. ⁷ Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he murdered, even if we destroy the heir as well.' Thus they would quench my one remaining ember, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth." ⁸ Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you." ⁹ The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless." ¹⁰ The king said, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will give: 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 12:6, 2 Samuel 16:4, Job 29:16, Proverbs 18:13, Isaiah 11:3, Isaiah 11:4

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked about him, and saw that the plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord , like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar; this was before the Lord had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 14:2
these kings made war with King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Genesis 14:3
All these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).

Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.

Genesis 19:20
Look, that city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!"

Genesis 19:22
Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there." Therefore the city 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: -