2 Samuel 18:13

“Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for 2 Samuel 18:13

Otherwyse, I should haue wrought falshood against mine owne life: for there is no matter hid from the King, and thou thy selfe wouldest haue set thy selfe against me.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against `me'.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.
- Basic English Bible

If I had jeopardized my own life-and nothing is hidden from the king-you would have abandoned me."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king, and thou wouldest have set thyself against [me].
- Darby Bible

Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life, (and there is no matter hid from the king,) then thou thyself wouldest have stood aloof.
- English Revised Version

Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me."
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for 2 Samuel 18:13

Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 18:13


18:15 Slew him - The darts did not dispatch him, and therefore they smote him again, and killed him.


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