2 Samuel 15:26

Contemporary English Version

But if he says he isn't pleased with me, then let him do what he knows is best.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
However, if he should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am—he can do with me whatever pleases him.”

Hebrew Names Version
but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

King James Version
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

Lexham English Bible
But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,' then I am ready. Let him do to me that which is good in his eyes.

English Standard Version
But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

New Century Version
But if the Lord says he is not pleased with me, I am ready. He can do what he wants with me."

New English Translation
However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,' then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate."

Amplified Bible
"But if He should say, 'I have no delight in you,' then here I am; let Him do to me what seems good to Him."

New American Standard Bible
"But if He says this: 'I have no delight in you,' then here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if he thus say, I haue no delite in thee, behold, here am I, let him doe to me as seemeth good in his eyes.

Legacy Standard Bible
But if He should say thus, ‘I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good in His sight."

Complete Jewish Bible
But if he says, ‘I am displeased with you,' then — here I am; let him do to me whatever seems good to him."

Darby Translation
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him.

Easy-to-Read Version
But if he says he is not pleased with me, let him do whatever he wants to me."

George Lamsa Translation
But if he shall say, I have no delight in you; behold, here I am, let him do to me as seems good in his sight.

Good News Translation
But if he isn't pleased with me—well, then, let him do to me what he wishes."

Literal Translation
And if He says this, I have not delighted in you, behold, I am here. He shall do to me as seems good in His eyes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf he saye thus: I haue no pleasure to ye, beholde, here am I, let him do with me as it pleaseth him.

American Standard Version
but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

Bible in Basic English
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if he thus say, I haue no lust vnto thee: beholde here am I, let hym do with me what semeth good in his eyes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
but if He say thus: I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let Him do to me as seemeth good unto Him.'

King James Version (1611)
But if he thus say, I haue no delight in thee: beholde, here am I, let him doe to me, as seemeth good vnto him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if he should say thus, I have no pleasure in thee; behold, here I am, let him do to me according to that which is good in his eyes.

English Revised Version
but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

Berean Standard Bible
But if He should say, 'I do not delight in you,' then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli if the Lord seith, Thou plesist not me; Y am redi, do he that, that is good bifor hym silf.

Young's Literal Translation
and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here [am] I, He doth to me as [is] good in His eyes.'

Update Bible Version
but if he says thus, I have no delight in you; look, here I am, let him do to me as is good in his eyes.

Webster's Bible Translation
But if he shall thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him.

World English Bible
but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

New King James Version
But if He says thus: "I have no delight in you,' here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

New Living Translation
But if he is through with me, then let him do what seems best to him."

New Life Bible
But if He says, ‘I have no joy in you,' then here I am. Let Him do to me what He thinks is good."

New Revised Standard
But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,' here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, if thus, he say, I have no delight in thee, here I am, let him do unto me as may be good in his eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.

Revised Standard Version
but if he says, 'I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if He should say thus, 'I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

Contextual Overview

²⁴ Zadok and Abiathar the priests were there along with several men from the tribe of Levi who were carrying the sacred chest. They set the chest down, and left it there until David and his followers had gone out of the city. ²⁵ Then David said: Zadok, take the sacred chest back to Jerusalem. If the Lord is pleased with me, he will bring me back and let me see it and his tent again. ²⁶ But if he says he isn't pleased with me, then let him do what he knows is best. ²⁷ Zadok, you are a good judge of things, so return to the city and don't cause any trouble. Take your son Ahimaaz with you. Abiathar and his son Jonathan will also go back. ²⁸ I'll wait at the river crossing in the desert until I hear from you. ²⁹ Zadok and Abiathar took the sacred chest back into Jerusalem and stayed there. ³⁰ David went on up the slope of the Mount of Olives. He was barefoot and crying, and he covered his head to show his sorrow. Everyone with him was crying, and they covered their heads too.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have not, 2 Samuel 22:20, Numbers 14:8, 1 Kings 10:9, 2 Chronicles 9:8, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 62:4, Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 32:41, Matthew 1:10

let: Judges 10:15, 1 Samuel 3:18, Job 1:20, Job 1:21, Psalms 39:9

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:3 - till I know 1 Chronicles 19:13 - let the Lord Psalms 89:38 - wroth Psalms 131:2 - quieted Ecclesiastes 9:1 - that the Isaiah 39:8 - Good Jeremiah 26:14 - as seemeth good and meet unto you Jonah 4:8 - and wished Matthew 26:39 - not Acts 9:10 - Behold Acts 21:14 - The will James 4:7 - Submit James 4:15 - If

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee,.... As a king, or in his temporal prosperity, though he might and had delight in him as a chosen vessel of salvation, as a saint and child of God, and in his spiritual and everlasting welfare:

behold, [here am] I; his humble servant, ready to be, and do and suffer whatever is his pleasure:

let him do to me as seemeth good unto him; strip me of all the ensigns of royalty, dispossess me of my crown and kingdom, and dispose of me as seems good in his sight; who is a sovereign Being, and has a right to do with his creatures what he pleases.