2 Samuel 15:15

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.

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 .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the kynges seruauntes vnto him: Loke what my LORDE ye kinge choseth, beholde, here are thy seruauntes.

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."

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 bearing tidings unto David, saying, - It hath come about, that the heart of the men of Israel goeth after Absolom. ¹⁴ Then said David, to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem - Arise and let us flee, or we shall have no way of escape from the face of Absolom, - make speed to depart, lest he make speed, and so overtake us, and bring down misfortune upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. ¹⁵ And the king's servants said unto the king, - According to all that my lord the king shall choose, here are thy servants. ¹⁶ So the king went forth, with all his household attending him, - but the king left ten women who were concubines, to keep the house. ¹⁷ Thus then the king went forth, with all the people attending him, - and they came to a stand at a place that was far off. ¹⁸ And, all his servants, were passing on beside him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, - and, all the Gittites - six hundred men, who had accompanied him from Gath, - were passing on before the king. ¹⁹ Then said the king, unto Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore shouldest, thou also, go with us? return and abide with the king, for, a stranger, art thou, moreover also, an exile, art thou from thine own country. ²⁰ Only yesterday, camest thou, and, today, shall I let thee wander with us, on our journey, seeing that, I, am going, whithersoever I may? Return and take back thy brethren with thee, and may Yahweh deal with thee in lovingkindness and faithfulness. ²¹ But Ittai answered the king, and said, - By the life of Yahweh, and by the life of my lord the king, surely, in whatsoever place, my lord the king, may be, whether for death or for life, there will, thy servant, be. ²² Then said David unto Ittai - Go, and pass on. So Ittai the Gittite passed on, with all his men, and all the little ones 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
After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying, - Do not fear Abram, am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:2
And Abram said My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless, - and the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus,

Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him, - I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Genesis 15:9
And he said unto him, Take for me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove and a young pigeon.

Genesis 15:13
And he said to Abram - Thou must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them and they will humble them, four hundred years;

Genesis 15:16
And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither, - for not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet,

Genesis 15:19
the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite;

Genesis 23:4
A sojourner and settler, am I with you, - Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.

Genesis 23:19
And after this, did Abraham bury Sarah his wife, within the cave of the field of Machpelah, over against Mamre, the same, is Hebron, - in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:29
And Isaac breathed his last, and died and was added unto his people, old, and satisfied with days, - and Esau and Jacob his sons 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.