2 Samuel 14:8

Modern

“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”

Traditional

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

Literal

And the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”

Latin

Et ait rex ad mulierem: Vade in domum tuam, et ego jubebo pro te.

Hebrew

English

“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 18:13
He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
2 Samuel 16:4
So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
2 Samuel 12:5–6
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
Isaiah 11:3–4
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.