2 Samuel 14:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken: for your servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲיַ֥ד יוֹאָ֛ב אִתָּ֖ךְ בְּכָל־זֹ֑את וַתַּ֣עַן הָאִשָּׁ֣ה וַתֹּ֡אמֶר חֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֩ אֲדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אִם־אִ֣שׁ ׀ לְהֵמִ֣ין וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל מִכֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־עַבְדְּךָ֤ יוֹאָב֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔נִי וְה֗וּא שָׂ֚ם בְּפִ֣י שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

wayyōʾmer the-melek, ăyad Yôʾāb with-you in-all-zōʾt? wattaʿan the-ʾiššāh wattōʾmer, ḥê-napšəkā ʾădōnî the-melek if-one to-hêmîn or-to-haśmîl from-all that-dibber ʾădōnî the-melek, for-ʿabdəkā Yôʾāb he ṣiwwānî, and-he śām in-mouth-of šipḥātəkā ʾēt all-the-dəbārîm the-ʾēlleh.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *melek*: masculine singular noun - king
• *ăyad*: interrogative particle + feminine singular construct - is the hand of
• *Yôʾāb*: proper name - Joab
• *zōʾt*: feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
• *wattaʿan*: Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and she answered
• *ʾiššāh*: feminine singular noun - woman
• *wattōʾmer*: Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and she said
• *ḥê*: construct state of masculine singular noun - life of
• *napšəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your soul
• *ʾădōnî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord
• *hêmîn*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to go right
• *haśmîl*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to go left
• *dibber*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke
• *ʿabdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
• *ṣiwwānî*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he commanded me
• *śām*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he put
• *šipḥātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your maidservant
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *dəbārîm*: masculine plural noun - words
• *ʾēlleh*: common plural demonstrative adjective - these

Word Meanings

• *ḥê*-*napšəkā*: by the life of your soul (oath formula)
• *hêmîn*: to turn right/deviate to the right
• *haśmîl*: to turn left/deviate to the left
• *śām*: put/place/set

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The king asked, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, it is true. Your servant Joab instructed me and put all these words into the mouth of your servant."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Is the hand{H3027} of Joab{H3097} with thee in all this? And the woman{H802} answered{H6030} and said,{H6030} As thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} my lord{H113} the king,{H4428} none{H376} can{H786} turn to the right hand{H3231} or to the left{H8041} from aught that my lord{H113} the king{H4428} hath spoken;{H1696} for thy servant{H5650} Joab,{H3097} he bade{H6680} me, and he put{H7760} all these words{H1697} in the mouth{H6310} of thy handmaid;{H8198}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Is not the hand{H3027} of Joab{H3097} with thee in all this? And the woman{H802} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, As thy soul{H5315} liveth{H2416}, my lord{H113} the king{H4428}, none{H376} can{H786} turn to the right hand{H3231}{(H8687)} or to the left{H8041}{(H8687)} from ought that my lord{H113} the king{H4428} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}: for thy servant{H5650} Joab{H3097}, he bade{H6680}{(H8765)} me, and he put{H7760}{(H8804)} all these words{H1697} in the mouth{H6310} of thine handmaid{H8198}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The kynge sayde: Is not the hande of Ioab with the in all this? The woman answered and sayde: As truly as thy soule lyueth (my lorde O kynge,) there is els noman nether at the righte hande ner at ye lefte, but euen as my LORDE the kynge hath sayde, for thy seruaunt Ioab hath commaunded me, and he himselfe hath taughte thy handmayden all these wordes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the King said, Is not the hand of Ioab with thee in all this? Then the woman answered, and sayd, As thy soule liueth, my lord the King, I will not turne to the right hande nor to the left, from ought that my lorde the King hath spoken: for euen thy seruant Ioab bade mee, & he put all these wordes in the mouth of thine handmayde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the king sayd: Is not the hand of Ioab with thee in all this matter? The woman aunswered, and sayde: As thy soule liueth my lorde the king, I wil not turne to the right hande nor to the left from ought that my lorde the king hath spoke: for euen thy seruaunt Ioab bad me, and he put all these wordes in the mouth of thyne handmayde:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the king saith, `Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answereth and saith, `Thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, none `doth turn' to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of thy maid-servant all these words;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:

• World English Bible (2000)

  The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The king said,“Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered,“As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 14:3 : 3 And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put words in her mouth.
• 1 Sam 1:26 : 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman that stood by you here, praying to the LORD.
• 1 Sam 17:55 : 55 When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.
• 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David swore moreover, and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
• 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
• 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
• 2 Sam 3:29 : 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
• 2 Sam 3:34 : 34 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him.
• 2 Sam 11:11 : 11 And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
• 2 Sam 11:14-15 : 14 In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the fiercest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.
• 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
• 2 Kgs 2:2 : 2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.
• Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist.
• Exod 4:15 : 15 And you shall speak to him, and put words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
• Num 20:17 : 17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territories."
• Deut 5:32 : 32 You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
• Deut 28:14 : 14 And you shall not go aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
• Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.