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2 Samuel 14:5
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3 Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab aput the words in her mouth.  
4 And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she afell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, b“Help, O king!”  
5 Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?” And she answered, a“Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead.  
6 Now your maidservant had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.
7 And now the whole family has risen up against your maidservant, and they said, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may execute him afor the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also.’ So they would extinguish my ember that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the earth.”  
8 Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, let athe iniquity be on me and on my father’s house, band the king and his throne be guiltless.”  
10 So the king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.”
11 Then she said, “Please let the king remember the Lord your God, and do not permit athe avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son.” And he said, b“As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”  
12 Therefore the woman said, “Please, let your maidservant speak another word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Say on.”
13 So the woman said: “Why then have you schemed such a thing against athe people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring bhis banished one home again.  
Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 14:5

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American Standard Version
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Amplified® Bible
The king asked her, What troubles you? She said, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

Contemporary English Version
David asked, "What's the matter?" She replied: My husband is dead, and I'm a widow.

Darby English Version
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

Good News Bible
"What do you want?" he asked her. "I am a poor widow, sir," she answered. "My husband is dead.

King James Version
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

New American Standard Bible
The king said to her, "What is your trouble? And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead."

New International Version
The king asked her, "What is troubling you?"
She said, "I am indeed a widow; my husband is dead.

New King James Version
Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?” And she answered, “Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The king said to her, "What troubles you?" And she answered, "Truly I have become a widow, for my husband has died.

Revised Standard Version
And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?' and she saith, `Truly a widow woman `am' I, and my husband dieth,


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