What Does 2 Samuel 19:27 Mean in the King James?
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The report can reach the king, but its arrival does not make it true; judgment still rests with the king’s eyes.
THE MEANING
You can be spoken against without becoming the accusation spoken against you. The speaker names the king as God’s messenger and entrusts the decision to what is good in his sight.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A charge becomes true simply because it reaches someone with authority.
THE ROOT
וַיְרַגֵּל
vayragel
GROWS FROM
רגל
Foot; the word family also carries senses of going about, spying out, and slandering.
The verb translated “slandered” belongs to a word family that names the foot and one who goes about spying. The accusation has traveled to the king, but the verse still leaves judgment to his eyes.
ALSO GROWS
regel: Foot
רֶגֶל
This noun shares the root and gives its movement a concrete form: the slander is something that goes about.
meraggel: One who scouts or spies out
מְרַגֵּל
This related form describes going about to gather information, illuminating how the verb can carry a hostile report.
THE PATTERN
A charge may circulate or seem persuasive, but sound judgment looks beyond the first report and examines what is true.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.THE THREAD
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.The Hebrew root רגל appears in both passages: KJV renders it “slandered” here and “backbiteth” in the psalm. The shared root reveals slander as a report that goes about, while this verse leaves the judgment to the king’s eyes.
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