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The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
World English Bible (WEB)
And the woman{H802} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Wherefore then hast thou thought{H2803}{(H8804)} such a thing against the people{H5971} of God{H430}? for the king{H4428} doth speak{H1696}{(H8693)} this thing{H1697} as one which is faulty{H818}, in that the king{H4428} doth not fetch home again{H7725}{(H8687)} his banished{H5080}{(H8737)}.
Strong's King James
And the woman saith, ‘And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast;
Young's Literal Translation
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