2 Samuel 19:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God, so do what seems good to you.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those that eat at your own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry anymore to the king?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For all my father's{H1} house{H1004} were but{H3808} dead{H4194} men{H582} before my lord{H113} the king;{H4428} yet didst thou set{H7896} thy servant{H5650} among them that did eat{H398} at thine own table.{H7979} What right{H6666} therefore have{H3426} I yet that I should cry{H2199} any more unto the king?{H4428}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For all of my father's{H1} house{H1004} were but{H3808} dead{H4194} men{H582} before my lord{H113} the king{H4428}: yet didst thou set{H7896}{(H8799)} thy servant{H5650} among them that did eat{H398}{(H8802)} at thine own table{H7979}. What right{H6666} therefore have{H3426} I yet to cry{H2199}{(H8800)} any more unto the king{H4428}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For all my fathers house was nothinge, but people of death before my lorde ye kynge. And yet hast thou set thy seruaunt amonge them that eate at yi table. What other righteousnes haue I, that I shulde crye eny more vnto the kynge?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For all my fathers house were but dead men before my lord the king, yet diddest thou set thy seruant among them that did eate at thine owne table: what right therefore haue I yet to crye any more vnto the king?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For all my fathers house were but dead men before my lorde the king, and yet diddest thou put thy seruaunt among the that dyd eate at thyne owne table: What right therefore haue I yet to crye any more vnto the king?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For all [of] my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more -- even to cry any more unto the king?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 9:13 : 13 And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table; he was lame in both feet.
  • 2 Sam 9:10 : 10 You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master’s grandson may be provided for. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will always eat at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)
  • 2 Sam 21:6-9 : 6 let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us to be executed before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen one." The king said, "I will give them to you." 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath taken between David and Jonathan, son of Saul. 8 The king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9 He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who executed them on the hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  • 2 Kgs 8:3 : 3 At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me,
  • 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 What you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, you deserve to die because you did not guard your lord, the LORD's anointed. Now, look around! Where are the king's spear and the jar of water that were near his head?"
  • 2 Sam 9:7-8 : 7 "Don’t be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table." 8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 19:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29 All my grandfather's descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king. But you placed your servant among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?

    30 The king said to him, 'Why say more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba shall divide the land.'

  • 2 Sam 19:25-27
    3 verses
    79%

    25 Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, also went down to meet the king. He had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.

    26 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, 'Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?'

    27 He said, 'My lord the king, my servant deceived me. I said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself and ride on it, so I may go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

  • 1 Sam 26:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18 And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand?

    19 Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD, because they have driven me out today to prevent me from having a share in the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

  • 2 Sam 9:7-11
    5 verses
    75%

    7 "Don’t be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."

    8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"

    9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s steward, and said to him, "I have given your master’s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family."

    10 You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master’s grandson may be provided for. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will always eat at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

    11 Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do." So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s sons.

  • 1 Kgs 1:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26 But me—your servant—and Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he did not invite.

    27 Is this decision from my lord the king, without letting your servants know who is to sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    74%

    8 Therefore, deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if I am guilty, kill me yourself; why bring me to your father?

  • 2 Sam 19:35-37
    3 verses
    74%

    35 But Barzillai said to the king, "How many more years do I have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

    36 I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and bad? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

    37 Your servant will merely cross the Jordan with the king for a short distance. Why should the king reward me with such a benefit?

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    74%

    7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for they supported me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    74%

    22 But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, 'Shouldn't Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed the LORD's anointed!'

  • 2 Sam 16:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 The king then asked, "Where is your master’s grandson?" Ziba replied to the king, "He is staying in Jerusalem because he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore to me my grandfather’s kingdom.'"

    4 Then the king declared to Ziba, "Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you. May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king."

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 Now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king—perhaps the king will grant the request of his servant.

    16 For the king will hear me and deliver me from the hand of the man who seeks to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.'

  • 2 Sam 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 David asked, "Is there anyone still left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

    2 Now there was a servant from Saul's household named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He replied, "I am your servant."

  • 1 Sam 22:15
    73%

    15 Was this the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse me or any of my father's family, for your servant knows nothing about this whole affair—whether great or small.'

  • 1 Sam 22:8
    73%

    8 'You have all conspired against me! No one reveals to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you feels sorry for me or tells me that my son has stirred up my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance. He has invited all the king's sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he did not invite your servant Solomon.

    20 Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Sam 19:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 and crossed at the ford to bring the king's household over and to do whatever pleased him. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king.

    20 He said to the king, 'May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember the wrong your servant did on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.'

  • 2 Sam 16:19
    72%

    19 Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."

  • 2 Sam 19:7
    72%

    7 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that commanders and servants mean nothing to you. I can see that if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    72%

    18 What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord all the good things he promised and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

    31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord has brought my lord success, remember your servant.

  • 2 Sam 12:21
    72%

    21 His attendants asked him, 'Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!'

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    71%

    11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    71%

    15 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    71%

    9 He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    71%

    13 'If I had acted treacherously against my own life, nothing is hidden from the king, and you yourself would have kept your distance from me.'

  • 1 Sam 20:29
    71%

    29 He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. If I have found favor in your eyes, let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    71%

    9 But Obadiah said, "What have I done wrong that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be killed?"

  • 1 Sam 18:18
    71%

    18 But David said to Saul, 'Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?'

  • 2 Sam 9:4
    70%

    4 The king asked, "Where is he?" Ziba answered, "He is in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar."

  • Jer 37:20
    70%

    20 Now please hear me, my lord the king. Let my plea come before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    70%

    20 ‘You only came yesterday, so why should I make you wander with us today? I must go wherever I can. Return and take your brothers with you. May kindness and faithfulness be with you.’

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    70%

    16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    70%

    8 David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I first came to you until now, that I may not go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"