2 Samuel 19:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy servant{H5650} would but just{H4592} go{H5674} over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} with the king:{H4428} and why should the king{H4428} recompense{H1580} it me with such a reward?{H1578}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy servant{H5650} will go{H5674} a little way{H4592} over{H5674}{(H8799)} Jordan{H3383} with the king{H4428}: and why should the king{H4428} recompense{H1580}{(H8799)} it me with such a reward{H1578}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    thy seruaunt shall go a litle with the kynge ouer Iordane. Why wil the kynge recompence me after this maner?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thy seruant will goe a litle way ouer Iorden with the King, and why wil the king recompence it me with such a rewarde?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thy seruaunt will go a litle way ouer Iordane with the king: & why wyl the king recompence it me with such a rewarde?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way?

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.

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