1 Samuel 20:8

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

Bible in Basic English ☆

So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?

Darby Translation ☆

Deal kindly then with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring me not in to thy father.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant: for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquitie, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And do thou deal kindly with thy servant; for into a covenant of the Lord hast thou brought thy servant with thee; but if there be in me any iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?'

King James Version ☆

Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And you shall deal mercifully with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with yourself: and if there is iniquity in your servant, kill me yourself; but why do you thus bring me to your father?

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And you shall deal mercifully with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with yourself: and if there is iniquity in your servant, kill me yourself; but why do you thus bring me to your father?

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

Webster Bible ☆

Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there is in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?

Revised Version ☆

Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?

World English Bible ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

World English Bible Classic ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

World English Bible Updated ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

World Messianic Bible ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and thou hast done kindness, to thy servant, for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy servant with thee; — and if there is in me iniquity, put thou me to death; and unto thy father, why is this — thou dost bring me in?'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Therefore thou shalt deal with chesed unto thy eved; for thou hast brought thy eved into Brit Hashem with thee; notwithstanding, if there be in me avon (iniquity), slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to avicha?

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَتَعْمَلُ مَعْرُوفًا مَعَ عَبْدِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ بِعَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ أَدْخَلْتَ عَبْدَكَ مَعَكَ. وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيَّ إِثْمٌ فَٱقْتُلْنِي أَنْتَ، وَلِمَاذَا تَأْتِي بِي إِلَى أَبِيكَ؟».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ကျွန်ုပ်​အား​ကျေး​ဇူး​ပြု​ပါ။ သင်​နှင့်​ကျွန်ုပ်​ပြု ထား​ကြ​သည့်​သစ္စာ​က​တိ​ကို​လည်း​တည်​မြဲ စေ​ပါ။ သို့​ရာ​တွင်​အ​ကယ်​၍​ကျွန်ုပ်​မှာ​အပြစ် ရှိ​ခဲ့​သော် သင်​ကိုယ်​တိုင်​ပင်​ကျွန်ုပ်​အား​သတ် ပါ​လော့။ အ​ဘယ်​ကြောင့်​သင့်​ခ​မည်း​တော် လက်​သို့​အပ်​ပါ​တော့​မည်​နည်း'' ဟု​ဆို​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ကိုယ်တော် ကျွန် ၌ ကျေးဇူး ပြု ပါ။ ထာဝရဘုရား ၏ ပဋိညာဉ် ကို ကိုယ်တော် ကျွန် နှင့် ဖွဲ့ပါပြီ။ သို့သော်လည်း ကျွန်ုပ် ၌ အပြစ် ရှိ လျှင် ကိုယ်တော် တိုင် သတ် ပါ။ အဘယ်ကြောင့် အဘ ထံသို့ ဆောင် သွားရပါမည်နည်းဟု ယောနသန် အား ဆို ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To pongah nang mah na tamna kai nuiah tahmenhaih amtuengsak raeh, na tamna kai hoi nang loe Angraeng hmaa ah lokkamhaih a sak hoi boeh pongah, ka zaehaih om nahaeloe, tikhoe nam pa khaeah caeh han angai vop tih? Nang mah roe na hum ah, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Tedae BOEIPA kah paipi rhangneh na sal taengah sitlohnah khueh mai. Na sal he namah taengla khuen mai. Thaesainah he ni ka khuiah a om atah kai he namah loh n'duek sak, bahamlae na pa taengla kai nan thak eh?,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Tedae BOEIPA kah paipi rhangneh na sal taengah sitlohnah khueh mai. Na sal he namah taengla khuen mai. Thaesainah he ni ka khuiah a om atah kai he namah loh n'duek sak, bahamlae na pa taengla kai nan thak eh?,” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

求你施恩与仆人，因你在耶和华面前曾与仆人结盟。我若有罪，不如你自己杀我，何必将我交给你父亲呢？」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

求你施恩與僕人，因你在耶和華面前曾與僕人結盟。我若有罪，不如你自己殺我，何必將我交給你父親呢？」

World Chinese Bible ☆

所以，请以慈爱待你的仆人，因为你使你的仆人与你一同进入耶和华的约；如果我有罪孽，你就亲手杀我，何必把我带到你父亲那里呢？”

Croatian Bible ☆

Iskaži, dakle, milost svome sluzi kad si slugu svoga uveo sa sobom u savez Jahvin. Ali ako ima kakva krivica na meni, ubij me sam; zašto bi me vodio k svome ocu?”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A tak učiníš milosrdenství s služebníkem svým, poněvadž jsi v smlouvu Hospodinovu uvedl služebníka svého s sebou. Pakliť jest na mně nepravost, zabí mne sám; nebo k otci svému proč bys mne vodil?

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Vis din Træl den Godhed, siden du er gået i Pagt med din Træl for HERRENS Åsyn. Men har jeg forbrudt mig, så slå du mig ihjel; thi hvorfor skulde du bringe mig til din Fader?”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Doe dan barmhartigheid aan uw knecht, want gij hebt uw knecht in een verbond des HEEREN met u gebracht; maar is er een misdaad in mij, zo dood gij mij; waarom zoudt gij mij toch tot uw vader brengen?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Bewijs uw dienaar deze dienst; want met een verbond van Jahweh hebt ge uw dienaar aan u verbonden. Ben ik echter schuldig, dood me dan zelf, maar lever mij niet aan uw vader uit.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Faru do favorkoraĵon al via sklavo, ĉar vi akceptis vian sklavon kun vi en interligon antaŭ la Eternulo; kaj se mi havas sur mi ian kulpon, tiam mortigu min vi; sed por kio vi venigus min al via patro?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Use donc de bonté envers ton serviteur, car tu as fait entrer ton serviteur dans une alliance de l’ Éternel avec toi ; et s’il y a de l’iniquité en moi, fais-moi mourir toi-même ; et pourquoi me mènerais-tu vers ton père ?

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Fais donc cette grâce à ton serviteur, puisque tu as fait entrer ton serviteur en alliance avec toi au nom de l'Éternel. Mais s'il y a quelque iniquité en moi, fais-moi mourir toi-même; car pourquoi me mènerais-tu à ton père?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Montre donc ton affection pour ton serviteur, puisque tu as fait avec ton serviteur une alliance devant l’Éternel. Et, s’il y a quelque crime en moi, ôte-moi la vie toi-même, car pourquoi me mènerais-tu jusqu’à ton père?

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Agis donc avec bonté envers ton serviteur, puisque tu as fait entrer ton serviteur dans une alliance du SEIGNEUR avec toi. Mais si je suis coupable, tue-moi toi-même. Pourquoi me conduirais-tu jusqu’à ton père ? »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Erweise denn Güte an deinem Knechte, denn du hast deinen Knecht in einen Bund Jehovas mit dir treten lassen! Wenn aber eine Ungerechtigkeit an mir ist, so töte du mich; denn warum wolltest du mich doch zu deinem Vater bringen?

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

So tue nun Barmherzigkeit an deinem Knecht; denn du hast mit mir, deinem Knecht, einen Bund im HERRN gemacht. Ist aber eine Missetat an mir, so töte du mich; denn warum wolltest du mich zu deinem Vater bringen?

German Textbibel ☆

Erzeige damit deinem Sklaven einen Beweis deiner Liebe: du hast ja deinen Sklaven in einen Jahwebund mit dir eintreten lassen! Ist aber auf meiner Seite eine Verschuldung, so töte du mich, aber zu deinem vater - warum wolltest du mich dahin bringen?

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Dann aber erzeige dich gnädig gegen deinen Knecht; denn du bist mit mir, deinem Knecht, in einen Bund im HERRN eingetreten. Darum, wenn eine Schuld an mir ist, so töte du mich; warum solltest du mich zu deinem Vater bringen?

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ ποιήσεις ἔλεος μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου, ὅτι εἰσήγαγες εἰς διαθήκην Κυρίου τὸν δοῦλόν σου μετὰ σεαυτοῦ· καὶ εἰ ἔστιν ἀδικία ἐν τῷ δούλῳ σου, θανάτωσόν με σύ, καὶ ἕως τοῦ πατρός σου ἱνατί οὕτως εἰσάγεις με;

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ ποιήσεις ἔλεος μετὰ δούλου σου, ὅτι εἰσήγαγες εἰς διαθήκην Κυρίου τὸν δοῦλόν σου μετὰ σεαυτοῦ· καὶ εἰ ἔστιν ἀδικία ἐν τῷ δούλῳ σου, θανάτωσόν με σὺ, καὶ ἕως τοῦ πατρός σου ἱνατί οὕτως εἰσάγεις με;

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Tanpri, mwen menm k'ap sèvi ou la, m'ap mande ou yon favè, paske se Seyè a, Bondye menm, ki te fè ou mare zanmi avè m'. Pa kite anyen rive m'. Si m' antò, se ou menm ki pou touye m'. Pa kite m' rive devan papa ou!

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ia mea, e hana mai i kau kauwa me ke aloha; no ka mea, ua hookomo mai oe i kau kauwa iloko o ke kuikahi me oe ma o Iehova la: ina paha he hewa iloko o'u, nau no wau e pepehi; no ke aha la oe e lawe aku ai ia'u i kou makuakane?

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ חֶ֙סֶד֙ עַל־עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ כִּ֚י בִּבְרִ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה הֵבֵ֥אתָ אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֖ עִמָּ֑ךְ וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֤י עָוֹן֙ הֲמִיתֵ֣נִי אַ֔תָּה וְעַד־אָבִ֖יךָ לָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה תְבִיאֵֽנִי׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ועשית חסד על עבדך כי בברית יהוה הבאת את עבדך עמך ואם יש בי עון המיתני אתה ועד אביך למה זה תביאני׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Usa adunque benignità inverso il tuo servitore, poichè tu hai fatto entrare il tuo servitore teco in una lega giurata per lo Nome del Signore ; e se pur vi è iniquità in me, fammi morir tu; e perchè mi meneresti a tuo padre?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Mostra dunque la tua bontà verso il tuo servo giacché hai fatto entrare il tuo servo in un patto con te nel nome dell’Eterno; ma, se v’è in me qualche iniquità, dammi la morte tu; perché mi meneresti da tuo padre?”

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

したがって、あなたのしもべに慈しみを示してください。あなたはあなたのしもべと主の契約を結んだからです。しかし、もしわたしに咎があるなら、あなたが自らわたしを殺してください。なぜわたしをあなたの父のところに連れて行く必要があるでしょうか。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

그런즉 원컨대 네 종에게 인자히 행하라 네가 네 종으로 여호와앞에서 너와 맹약케 하였음이니라 그러나 내게 죄악이 있거든 네가 친히 나를 죽이라 나를 네 부친에게로 데려갈 것이 무엇이뇨'

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga siyuk kom in nunak munas ac sruokyana wulela mutal kom tuh oru inmasrlok kom. Tusruktu fin oasr mwetik, na kom sifacna uniyuwi. Mwe mea kom in usyula nu yurin papa tomom in tuh anwuki nga?”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Fac ergo misericordiam in servum tuum, quia fœdus Domini me famulum tuum tecum inire fecisti: si autem est iniquitas aliqua in me, tu me interfice, et ad patrem tuum ne introducas me.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

پس بابنده خود احسان نما چونکه بنده خویش را باخودت به عهد خداوند در‌آوردی و اگر عصیان در من باشد، خودت مرا بکش زیرا برای چه مرانزد پدرت ببری.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Portanto, seja bondoso com o seu servo, pois você o trouxe para uma aliança perante o SENHOR com você; mas, se sou culpado de alguma coisa, mate-me você mesmo! Por que me entregaria ao seu pai?”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Farás, pois, misericórdia com teu servo, já que trouxeste teu servo a aliança do SENHOR contigo: e se maldade há em mim mata-me tu, que não há necessidade de levar-me até teu pai.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

De aceea să te porți cu bunătate cu servitorul tău, pentru că ai adus pe servitorul tău într-un legământ al DOMNULUI cu tine; totuși, dacă este nelegiuire în mine, ucide-mă tu însuți, pentru că de ce m-ai aduce la tatăl tău?

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Аратэ-ць дар драгостя пентру робул тэу, кэч ай фэкут ку робул тэу ун легэмынт ынаинтя Домнулуй. Ши дакэ есте врео нелеӂюире ын мине, я-мь ту вяца. Де че сэ мэ май дучь пынэ ла татэл тэу?”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Ты же сделай милость рабу твоему, - ибо ты принял раба твоего в завет Господень с тобою, - и если есть какая вина на мне, то умертви ты меня; зачем тебе вести меня к отцу твоему?

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Učini, dakle, milost sluzi svom, kad si veru Gospodnju uhvatio sa slugom svojim; ako je kakva krivica na meni, ubij me sam, jer zašto bi me vodio k ocu svom?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Учини, дакле, милост слузи свом, кад си веру Господњу ухватио са слугом својим; ако је каква кривица на мени, убиј ме сам, јер зашто би ме водио к оцу свом?

Mashi Bible ☆

“Mâshi ocizagye mwambali wâwe, bulya omanyire oku izîno lya Nyamubâho wahizire erhi olêrha mwambali wâwe hano mwâwe. Akabà hali okubî najizire wêne obè we onyîrha, bulya bicigi byankarhuma ompeka emunda sho ali?”»

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Harás pues misericordia con tu siervo, ya que has traído tu siervo á alianza de Jehová contigo: y si maldad hay en mí mátame tú, que no hay necesidad de llevarme hasta tu padre.

Spanish BLL ☆

Sé bueno con este servidor tuyo, ya que tú me hiciste hacer un pacto contigo delante de Yahvé. Pero si soy culpable, mátame tú mismo; ¿para qué entregarme a tu padre?”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Trata, pues, con benevolencia a tu siervo, porque has hecho entrar a tu siervo en un pacto del Señor contigo; pero si hay maldad en mí, mátame tú mismo, pues ¿para qué habrías de llevarme ante tu padre?”.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces, sé amable con tu siervo; porque has estado unido con tu siervo en un acuerdo hecho ante el Señor, pero si hay algo malo en mí, mátame tú mismo; porque no hay necesidad de que me lleves a tu padre.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Así pues, trata con misericordia a tu esclavo, pues hiciste con tu esclavo un pacto delante de Yavé. Y si hay alguna iniquidad en mí, mátame tú mismo. ¿Por qué tienes que llevarme ante tu padre?

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ke ke fai angaʻofa ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; he kuo ke fakahoko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko au ki he fuakava ʻa Sihova mo koe; ka ko eni kapau ʻoku ai ha hia ʻiate au, ke ke tāmateʻi au ʻe koe; he koeʻumaʻā hoʻo ʻomi au ki hoʻo tamai?”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Покажи милость рабові твойму, ти ж бо ввійшов у Господню вмову з рабом твоїм, і коли на менї вагонить яка провина, так убий ти мене; про що тобі вести мене до панотця твого?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Покажи милость рабові твойму, ти ж бо ввійшов у Господню вмову з рабом твоїм, і коли на менї вагонить яка провина, так убий ти мене; про що тобі вести мене до панотця твого?

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vậy, hãy tỏ lòng nhân từ cho kẻ tôi tớ anh, bởi vì anh đã nhân danh Đức Giê-hô-va mà kết ước cùng kẻ tôi tớ anh. Song phần tôi ví có tội gì, xin chính anh hãy giết tôi đi; cớ sao anh lại dẫn tôi đến cha anh?

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ חֶ֨סֶד֙ עַל־עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ כִּ֚י בִּבְרִ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה הֵבֵ֥אתָ אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֖ עִמָּ֑ךְ וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֤י עָוֺן֙ הֲמִיתֵ֣נִי אַ֔תָּה וְעַד־אָבִ֖יךָ לָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה תְבִיאֵֽנִי׃ פ