2 Samuel 14:12

Then the woman said, Let thine handmayd, I pray thee, speake one word vnto my lord the king. And hee said, Say on.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Then the woman said, "Please let your maidservant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, "Speak.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.
- Basic English Bible

And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.
- Darby Bible

Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
- Webster's Bible

Then the woman said, "Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."
- World English Bible

And the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he saith, `Speak.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Then the woman said: 'Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king.' And he said: 'Say on.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 14:12

14:11 Remember - Remember the Lord, in whose presence thou hast made me this promise, and who will be a witness against thee, if thou breakest it.

14:13 Wherefore then - If thou shouldst not permit the avengers of blood to molest me, or to destroy my son, who are but two persons; how unreasonable is it that thou shouldest proceed in thy endeavours to avenge Amnon's blood upon Absalom, whose death would be grievous to the whole commonwealth of Israel, all whose eyes are upon him as the heir of the crown, and a wise, and valiant, and amiable person, unhappy only in this one act of killing Amnon, which was done upon an high provocation, and whereof thou thyself didst give the occasion by permitting Amnon to go unpunished? Faulty - By thy word, and promise, and oath given to me for my son, thou condemnest thyself for not allowing the same equity towards thy own son. It is true, Absalom's case was widely different from that which she had supposed. But David was too well affected to him, to remark that difference, and was more desirous than she could be, to apply that favourable judgment to his own son, which he had given concerning hers.

14:14 We - We shall certainly die, both thou, O king, who art therefore obliged to take care of thy successor, Absalom; and Absalom, who, if he do not die by the hand of justice, must shortly die by the necessity of nature: and Amnon too must have died in the common way of all flesh, if Absalom had not cut him off. Respect - So far as to exempt him from this common law of dying. Not expelled - He hath given laws to this purpose, that the man - slayer who is banished should not always continue in banishment, but upon the High - priest's death return to his own city.