2-Samuel - 15:26



26 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."

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 15:26.

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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.
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.
But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.
and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here am I, He doth to me as is good in His eyes.'
But if he thus say, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
But if he will say to me, 'You are not pleasing,' I am ready. Let him do whatever is good in his own sight."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, (r) [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
(r) The faithful in all their afflictions show themselves obedient to God's will.

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.

Let him do - That we may not complain of what is, let us see God's hand in all events. And that we may not be afraid of what shall be, let us see all events in God's hand.

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