Search Phrase = Handmaid
There are no Main Site search results.
Keywords: Barren, Sarai, Hagar
Description: Genesis 16:1
NET Translation: Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
DARBY Translation: And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.
KJV Translation: Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an Handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.
Verse Intro: Sarai and Hagar
Description: Genesis 20:17
NET Translation: Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.
DARBY Translation: And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his Handmaids, and they bore [children].
KJV Translation: So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children].
Keywords: Son, Heir, Seed, Hagar
Description: Genesis 21:10
NET Translation: So she said to Abraham, “Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”
DARBY Translation: And she said to Abraham, Cast out this Handmaid and her son; for the son of this Handmaid shall not inherit with my son with Isaac.
KJV Translation: Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac.
Keywords: Isaac, Seed
Description: Genesis 21:12
NET Translation: But God said to Abraham, “Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.
DARBY Translation: And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy Handmaid: [in] all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
KJV Translation: And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Keywords: Hagar, Bersheeba
Description: Genesis 21:13
NET Translation: But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
DARBY Translation: But also the son of the Handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
KJV Translation: And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.
Keywords: Ishmael, Generations
Description: Genesis 25:12
NET Translation: This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
DARBY Translation: And these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's bondwoman, bore to Abraham.
KJV Translation: Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's Handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Keywords: Zilpah
Description: Genesis 29:24
NET Translation: (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)
DARBY Translation: And Laban gave to her Zilpah, his maidservant, to be maidservant to Leah his daughter.
KJV Translation: And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an Handmaid.
Keywords: Bilhah
Description: Genesis 29:29
NET Translation: (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)
DARBY Translation: And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah, his maidservant, to be her maidservant.
KJV Translation: And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his Handmaid to be her maid.
Description: Genesis 30:4
NET Translation: So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
DARBY Translation: And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
KJV Translation: And she gave him Bilhah her Handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Description: Genesis 31:33
NET Translation: So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.
DARBY Translation: And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two Handmaids' tents, and found nothing; and he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
KJV Translation: And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
Keywords: Esau
Description: Genesis 33:1
NET Translation: Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
DARBY Translation: And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:
KJV Translation: And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two Handmaids.
Verse Intro: Jacob Meets Esau
Description: Genesis 33:2
NET Translation: He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
DARBY Translation: and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
KJV Translation: And he put the Handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Description: Genesis 33:6
NET Translation: The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.
DARBY Translation: And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.
KJV Translation: Then the Handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
Description: Genesis 35:25
NET Translation: The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
DARBY Translation: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
KJV Translation: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's Handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Description: Genesis 35:26
NET Translation: The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
DARBY Translation: And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram.
KJV Translation: And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's Handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
Description: Exodus 2:5
NET Translation: Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds. She sent one of her attendants, took it,
DARBY Translation: And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her Handmaid and fetched it.
KJV Translation: And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash [herself] at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Keywords: Seven, Sabbath, Work
Description: Exodus 20:10
NET Translation: but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.
DARBY Translation: but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy bondman, nor thy Handmaid, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
KJV Translation: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
Keywords: Covet
Description: Exodus 20:17
NET Translation: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, nor his bondman, nor his Handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.
Description: Exodus 21:7
NET Translation: “If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.
DARBY Translation: And if a man shall sell his daughter as a Handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
KJV Translation: And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Description: Exodus 21:20
NET Translation: “If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.
DARBY Translation: And if a man strike his bondman or his Handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
KJV Translation: And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Description: Exodus 21:26
NET Translation: “If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
DARBY Translation: And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his Handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.
KJV Translation: And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Description: Exodus 21:27
NET Translation: If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
DARBY Translation: And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his Handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.
KJV Translation: And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Keywords: Servant, Thirty, Silver
Description: Exodus 21:32
NET Translation: If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
DARBY Translation: If the ox gore a bondman or a Handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
KJV Translation: If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Keywords: Six, Seven, Rest
Description: Exodus 23:12
NET Translation: For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and the resident foreigner may refresh themselves.
DARBY Translation: Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy Handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.
KJV Translation: Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy Handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Description: Leviticus 25:6
NET Translation: You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat—you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,
DARBY Translation: And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you, for thee, and for thy bondman, and for thy Handmaid, and for thy hired servant, and for him that dwelleth as a sojourner with thee, and for thy cattle,
KJV Translation: And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
Keywords: Bondmen, Bondmaids, Slaves, Male, Female
Description: Leviticus 25:44
NET Translation: “‘As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you—you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you.
DARBY Translation: And as for thy bondman and thy Handmaid whom thou shalt have of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and Handmaids.
KJV Translation: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Keywords: Rest, Sabbath, Seven
Description: Deuteronomy 5:14
NET Translation: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the resident foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
DARBY Translation: but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy Handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy gates; that thy bondman and thy Handmaid may rest as well as thou.
KJV Translation: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Keywords: Covet
Description: Deuteronomy 5:21
NET Translation: You must not desire another man’s wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns.”
DARBY Translation: Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, nor his bondman, nor his Handmaid, his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.
KJV Translation: Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbour's.
Description: Deuteronomy 12:12
NET Translation: You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).
DARBY Translation: And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your Handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.
KJV Translation: And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Description: Deuteronomy 12:18
NET Translation: Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor.
DARBY Translation: but before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy Handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy hand.
KJV Translation: But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
Description: Deuteronomy 15:17
NET Translation: you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).
DARBY Translation: then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door; and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy Handmaid thou shalt do likewise.
KJV Translation: Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
Description: Deuteronomy 16:11
NET Translation: You shall rejoice before him—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you—in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy Handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Description: Deuteronomy 16:14
NET Translation: You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy Handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.
Description: Judges 9:18
NET Translation: But you have attacked my father’s family today. You murdered his seventy legitimate sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative.
DARBY Translation: but ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his Handmaid, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your brother;
KJV Translation: And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he [is] your brother;)
Description: Judges 19:19
NET Translation: We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing.”
DARBY Translation: And we have both straw and provender for our asses; and I have bread and wine also for me, and for thy Handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants: there is no lack of anything.
KJV Translation: Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy Handmaid, and for the young man [which is] with thy servants: [there is] no want of any thing.
Description: Ruth 2:13
NET Translation: She said, “You really are being kind to me, sir, for you have reassured and encouraged me, your servant, even though I will never be like one of your servants.”
DARBY Translation: And she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy Handmaid, though I am not like one of thy Handmaidens.
KJV Translation: Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine Handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine Handmaidens.
Description: Ruth 3:9
NET Translation: He said, “Who are you?” She replied, “I am Ruth, your servant. Marry your servant, for you are a guardian of the family interests.”
DARBY Translation: And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth, thy Handmaid: spread thy skirt over thy Handmaid; for thou hast the right of redemption.
KJV Translation: And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Ruth thine Handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine Handmaid; for thou [art] a near kinsman.
Verse Intro: Ruth Meets Boaz and Requests Boaz's Protection
Keywords: Forget, Handmaid, Man, Remember
Description: 1 Samuel 1:11
NET Translation: She made a vow saying, “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you would truly look on the suffering of your servant, and would keep me in mind and not neglect your servant, and give your servant a male child, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”
DARBY Translation: And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy Handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy Handmaid, but wilt give unto thy Handmaid a man child, then I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
KJV Translation: And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine Handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine Handmaid, but wilt give unto thine Handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Keywords: Complaint, Handmaid
Description: 1 Samuel 1:16
NET Translation: Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman. It’s just that, to this point, I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”
DARBY Translation: Take not thy Handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my grief and provocation have I spoken hitherto.
KJV Translation: Count not thine Handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Keywords: Grace, Handmaid, Man
Description: 1 Samuel 1:18
NET Translation: She said, “May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.
DARBY Translation: And she said, Let thy bondwoman find grace in thy sight. And the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [as before].
KJV Translation: And she said, Let thine Handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad].
Keywords: Ear, Pray
Description: 1 Samuel 25:24
NET Translation: Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak to you! Please listen to the words of your servant!
DARBY Translation: and fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me let the iniquity be; but let thy Handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear the words of thy Handmaid.
KJV Translation: And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me [let this] iniquity [be]: and let thine Handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine Handmaid.
Keywords: Handmaid, Man, Name, Pray
Description: 1 Samuel 25:25
NET Translation: My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.
DARBY Translation: Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I thy Handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
KJV Translation: Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine Handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
Keywords: Handmaid, Sing
Description: 1 Samuel 25:27
NET Translation: Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.
DARBY Translation: And now this blessing which thy bondmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men that follow my lord.
KJV Translation: And now this blessing which thine Handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
Keywords: Ass, Evil, Forgive, Pray, Trespass
Description: 1 Samuel 25:28
NET Translation: Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish a lasting dynasty for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days!
DARBY Translation: I pray thee, forgive the transgression of thy Handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a lasting house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days.
KJV Translation: I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine Handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all] thy days.
Keywords: Art, Blood, Heart, Remember
Description: 1 Samuel 25:31
NET Translation: Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”
DARBY Translation: that this shall be no stumbling-block to thee, nor offence of heart for my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall deal well with my lord, then remember thy Handmaid.
KJV Translation: That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine Handmaid.
Keywords: Feet, Handmaid, Servant
Description: 1 Samuel 25:41
NET Translation: She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, “Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
DARBY Translation: And she arose and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy Handmaid be a bondwoman to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
KJV Translation: And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] thine Handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
Keywords: Handmaid, Life, Man
Description: 1 Samuel 28:21
NET Translation: When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him, “Your servant has done what you asked. I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me.
DARBY Translation: And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, thy bondmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened to thy words which thou spokest to me.
KJV Translation: And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine Handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
Keywords: Bread, Pray
Description: 1 Samuel 28:22
NET Translation: Now it’s your turn to listen to your servant! Let me set before you a bit of bread so that you can eat. When you regain your strength, you can go on your way.”
DARBY Translation: And now, I pray thee, hearken thou also to the voice of thy bondmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way.
KJV Translation: Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine Handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
Keywords: Bless, David, Glorious, Israel, King, Meet, Saul
Description: 2 Samuel 6:20
NET Translation: When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him. She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!”
DARBY Translation: And David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How honourable did the king of Israel make himself to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the Handmaids of his servants, as one of the lewd fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
KJV Translation: Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the Handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
Keywords: Base, Vile
Description: 2 Samuel 6:22
NET Translation: I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this. But with the slave girls whom you mentioned, let me be distinguished.”
DARBY Translation: And I will make myself yet more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight; and of the Handmaids that thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
KJV Translation: And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
Keywords: Art, Handmaid, Mote
Description: 2 Samuel 14:6
NET Translation: Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.
DARBY Translation: And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.
KJV Translation: And thy Handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
Keywords: Deliver, Family, Life, Mote, Name, Risen
Description: 2 Samuel 14:7
NET Translation: Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, ‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”
DARBY Translation: And behold, the whole family is risen against thy bondmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also: so they will quench my coal which is left, and will not leave to my husband a name or remnant on the earth.
KJV Translation: And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine Handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.
Keywords: Man, Pray
Description: 2 Samuel 14:12
NET Translation: Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.”
DARBY Translation: And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.
KJV Translation: Then the woman said, Let thine Handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
Keywords: Handmaid, King
Description: 2 Samuel 14:15
NET Translation: I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said, ‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.
DARBY Translation: And now that I am come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy bondmaid said, I will now speak to the king; perhaps the king will perform the request of his Handmaid.
KJV Translation: Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy Handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his Handmaid.
Keywords: Deliver, Hand, Handmaid, Inheritance, King, Man, Son
Description: 2 Samuel 14:16
NET Translation: Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’
DARBY Translation: For the king will hear, to deliver his Handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
KJV Translation: For the king will hear, to deliver his Handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
Keywords: Angel, God, Handmaid, King
Description: 2 Samuel 14:17
NET Translation: So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!’”
DARBY Translation: And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thy God will be with thee.
KJV Translation: Then thine Handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
Keywords: Hand, Joab, King, Man, Servant, Soul
Description: 2 Samuel 14:19
NET Translation: The king said, “Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.
DARBY Translation: And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy bondmaid:
KJV Translation: And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine Handmaid:
Keywords: Ear, Man
Description: 2 Samuel 20:17
NET Translation: When he approached her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” He replied, “I am.” She said to him, “Listen to the words of your servant.” He said, “Go ahead. I’m listening.”
DARBY Translation: And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I [am he]. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy Handmaid. And he said, I am listening.
KJV Translation: And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, [Art] thou Joab? And he answered, I [am he]. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine Handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
Keywords: Ear, King, Solomon, Son, Swear
Description: 1 Kings 1:13
NET Translation: Visit King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
DARBY Translation: Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy Handmaid saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
KJV Translation: Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine Handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
Keywords: God, Rest, Solomon, Son
Description: 1 Kings 1:17
NET Translation: She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
DARBY Translation: And she said to him, My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy Handmaid, [saying,] Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
KJV Translation: And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine Handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
Keywords: Dead, Handmaid, Rose, Son
Description: 1 Kings 3:20
NET Translation: She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.
DARBY Translation: And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy Handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
KJV Translation: And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine Handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Keywords: Elisha, Handmaid, Save
Description: 2 Kings 4:2
NET Translation: Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.”
DARBY Translation: And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy Handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil.
KJV Translation: And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine Handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
Keywords: Halt, Man, Time
Description: 2 Kings 4:16
NET Translation: He said, “About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”
DARBY Translation: And he said, At this appointed time, when thy term is come, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to thy Handmaid.
KJV Translation: And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine Handmaid.
Keywords: Mercy, Save, Son, Strength
Description: Psalms 86:16
NET Translation: Turn toward me and have mercy on me. Give your servant your strength. Deliver this son of your female servant.
DARBY Translation: Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine Handmaid.
KJV Translation: O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine Handmaid.
Keywords: Son
Description: Psalms 116:16
NET Translation: Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You saved me from death.
DARBY Translation: Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy Handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
KJV Translation: O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine Handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Keywords: Handmaid, Odious
Description: Proverbs 30:23
NET Translation: under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.
DARBY Translation: under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a Handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
KJV Translation: For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an Handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Keywords: Israel, Rule
Description: Isaiah 14:2
NET Translation: Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Israel will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.
DARBY Translation: And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and Handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.
KJV Translation: And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and Handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Description: Jeremiah 34:11
NET Translation: But later they changed their minds. They took back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again.
DARBY Translation: But afterwards they turned, and caused the bondmen and the bondmaids whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for bondmen and for bondmaids.
KJV Translation: But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the Handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for Handmaids.
Keywords: Liberty, Man
Description: Jeremiah 34:16
NET Translation: But then you turned right around and showed that you did not honor me. Each of you took back your male and female slaves, whom you had freed as they desired, and you forced them to be your slaves again.
DARBY Translation: but ye have turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and ye have brought them into subjection, to be unto you for bondmen and for bondmaids.
KJV Translation: But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his Handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for Handmaids.
Description: Joel 2:29
NET Translation: Even on male and female servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
DARBY Translation: Yea, even upon the bondmen and upon the Handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.
KJV Translation: And also upon the servants and upon the Handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Keywords: Angel, Handmaid
Description: Luke 1:38
NET Translation: So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
DARBY Translation: And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
KJV Translation: And Mary said, Behold the Handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Keywords: Estate
Description: Luke 1:48
NET Translation: because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,
DARBY Translation: For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
KJV Translation: For he hath regarded the low estate of his Handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Description: Acts 2:18
NET Translation: Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
DARBY Translation: yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
KJV Translation: And on my servants and on my Handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: