2 Samuel 14:18

Updated Bible Version

Then the king answered and said to the woman, Don't hide from me, I pray you, anything that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king answered the woman, “I’m going to ask you something; don’t conceal it from me!”

Hebrew Names Version
Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything from me that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

King James Version
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

Lexham English Bible
The king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not withhold from me a thing which I am about to ask you." The woman said, "Please let my lord the king speak."

English Standard Version
Then the king answered the woman, "Do not hide from me anything I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

New Century Version
Then King David said, "Do not hide the truth. Answer me one question." The woman said, "My master the king, please ask your question."

New English Translation
Then the king replied to the woman, "Don't hide any information from me when I question you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak!"

Amplified Bible
Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Do not hide from me anything that I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king please speak."

New American Standard Bible
Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king please speak."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King answered, and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall aske thee. And the woman sayde, Let my lord the King now speake.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king please speak."

Contemporary English Version
Then David said to the woman, "Now I'm going to ask you a question, and don't try to hide the truth!" The woman replied, "Please go ahead, Your Majesty."

Complete Jewish Bible
The king then answered the woman: "I'm going to ask you a question, and please don't hide anything from me." The woman said, "Let my lord the king now speak."

Darby Translation
And the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

Easy-to-Read Version
King David answered the woman, "You must answer the question I will ask you." The woman said, "My lord and king, please ask your question."

George Lamsa Translation
Then the king answered and said to the woman, Do not hide from me anything that I ask you. And the woman said to him, Let my lord the king now speak.

Good News Translation
The king answered, "I'm going to ask you a question, and you must tell me the whole truth." "Ask me anything, Your Majesty," she answered.

Literal Translation
And the king answered and said to the woman, Please do not hide from me the thing that I am asking you. And the woman said, Then let my lord the king speak.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynge answered and sayde vnto the woman: Kepe nothynge fro me that I axe the. The woman sayde: Let my lorde the kinge speake on.

American Standard Version
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

Bible in Basic English
Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the king aunswered, and sayde vnto the woman: Hyde not from me I pray thee ye thing that I shall aske thee. And the woman sayde: Let my lord the king nowe speake.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.' And the woman said: 'Let my lord the king now speak.'

King James Version (1611)
Then the king answered and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall aske thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speake.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.

English Revised Version
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!" "Let my lord the king speak," she replied.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng answeride, and seide to the womman, Hide thou not fro me the word which Y axe thee. And the womman seide to hym, Speke thou, my lord the kyng.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king answereth and saith unto the woman, `Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I am asking thee;' and the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, my lord the king speak.'

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

World English Bible
Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything from me that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

New King James Version
Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide from me anything that I ask you." And the woman said, "Please, let my lord the king speak."

New Living Translation
"I must know one thing," the king replied, "and tell me the truth." "Yes, my lord the king," she responded.

New Life Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Do not hide anything from me that I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

New Revised Standard
Then the king answered the woman, "Do not withhold from me anything I ask you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then responded the king, and said unto the woman, Nay, now! do not hide from me, the thing which I am about to ask thee. And the woman said, Pray let my lord the king speak.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king answering, said to the woman: Hide not from me the thing that I ask thee. And the woman said to him: Speak, my lord the king.

Revised Standard Version
Then the king answered the woman, "Do not hide from me anything I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

THE MESSAGE
The king then said, "I'm going to ask you something. Answer me truthfully." "Certainly," she said. "Let my master, the king, speak."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king please speak."

Contextual Overview

¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. ² And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, feign yourself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray you, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman that has a long time mourned for the dead: ³ and go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. ⁴ And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. ⁵ And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead. ⁶ And your female slave had two sons, and both of them strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. ⁷ And, look, the whole family has risen against your female slave, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus they will quench my charcoal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the face of the earth. ⁸ And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you. ⁹ And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be innocent. ¹⁰ And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hide not: 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 3:18, Jeremiah 38:14, Jeremiah 38:25

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those that remained fled to the mountain.

Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

Ruth 3:10
And he said, Blessed be you of Yahweh, my daughter: you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.

2 Samuel 2:5
And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

Psalms 7:17
I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

Psalms 50:14
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay your vows to the Most High:

Psalms 57:2
I will cry to God Most High, To God that performs [all things] for me.

Psalms 76:2
In Salem also is his tabernacle, And his dwelling-place in Zion.

Micah 6:6
How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

Acts 7:48
Nevertheless the Most High does not dwell in [houses] made with hands; as the prophet says,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king answered and said unto the woman,.... Understanding plainly what she meant by all this, that the case she brought was a feigned one, and that the intention of it was to let him know the sense of the people with respect to Absalom, and the recall of him:

hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee; he suspected that this was not a scheme of her own, but some considerable person had formed it, and made use of her to execute it, which was what he desired to know:

and the woman said, let my lord the king now speak; ask what question he pleases, I am ready to answer.