2 Samuel 14:4

So the Tekoan woman went ¹  to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me, ²  O king!”

When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honour, and she said, "Help me, O king!"

Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, "Help, O king."

When the woman approached the king, she fell with her face down to the floor in front of him and cried out, "O king! Help me!"

The woman of Tekoa went to the king, bowed deeply before him in homage, and said, "O King, help!"

And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.

When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king!"

And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, "Help, O king!"

So the Tekoan woman went ¹  to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me, ²  O king!”

¹ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַתַּבֹא (vattavo’, “and she went”) rather than the MT וַתֹּאמֶר (vatto’mer, “and she said”). The MT reading shows confusion with וַתֹּאמֶר later in the verse. The emendation suggested here is supported by the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, some mss of the Targum, and Vulgate.

² tn The word “me” is left to be inferred in the Hebrew text; it is present in the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate.