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2 Samuel 14:3-5
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 14:3-5
English Standard Version
3 Go to the king and speak thus to him.” So Joab (A)put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, (B)she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, (C)“Save me, O king.” 5 And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, (D)“Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
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2 Samuel 14:3-5
New International Version
2 Samuel 14:3-5
New International Version
3 Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab(A) put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman from Tekoa went[a] to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
5 The king asked her, “What is troubling you?”
She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
2 Samuel 14:3-5
New American Standard Bible
2 Samuel 14:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 Then go to the king and speak to him in this way.” So Joab put (A)the words in her mouth.
4 Now when the woman of Tekoa [a]spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and (B)prostrated herself, and said, “(C)Help, O king!” 5 And the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she [b]answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
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- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many mss and ancient versions came
- 2 Samuel 14:5 Lit said
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