NET Bible
"Then the woman said,“Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied,“Tell me.”"
— 2 Samuel 14:12, NET Bible
“Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.”
“Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. ”
“Then the woman said, "Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."”
“The woman said: Let thy hand maid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.”
“Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.”
“Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.”
The Tekoan woman said to the king,“My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!”
The king said,“Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”
She replied,“In that case, let the king invoke the name of the LORD your God so that the avenger of blood may not add to the killing! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied,“As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
Then the woman said,“Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied,“Tell me.”
The woman said,“Why have you devised something like this against God’s people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished.
Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.
I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said,‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.