2 Samuel 14:13
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And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
In other translations
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
Hebrew words
וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802וְלָמָּהvelamahand <to> why?H4100חָשַׁבְתָּהchashavtahhave you plannedH2803כָּזֹאתkazotlike thisH2063עַל־'al-onH5921עַם'am[the] people ofH5971אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430וּמִדַּבֵּרumiddaberand <from> because has spokenH1696הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428הַדָּבָרhadavarthe wordH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088כְּאָשֵׁםke'ashemlike a guilty [person]H818לְבִלְתִּיleviltito notH1115הָשִׁיבhashivto bring backH7725הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853נִדְּחוֹ׃nidechobanished [son] hisH5080
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