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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_samuel/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And perhaps the LORD will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses today.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing today.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing this day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will look on my misery and return good to me instead of his cursing this day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Perhaps Yahweh will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will look on the wrong done to me [by Shimei, if he is acting on his own]; and [in that case perhaps] the Lord will this day return good to me in place of his cursing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and restore goodness to me instead of Shimei’s curses today.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and restore goodness to me instead of Shimei&#8217s curses today.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But if the LORD hears these curses and sees the trouble I'm in, maybe he will have pity on me instead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done unto me, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Maybe the LORD will see my misery and turn his curse into a blessing for me today."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will notice my misery and give me some blessings to take the place of his curse." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will take note of my troubles and return good to me instead of curses today!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me for his cursing today."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />it may be YHWH looks on my affliction, and YHWH has turned back good to me for his reviling this day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Perhaps Jehovah will look upon my wrong, and Jehovah turn back to me good for his cursing this day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses he is uttering this day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look on my distress, and the LORD will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />It may be the LORD will look on my affliction and requite me good for his cursing this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Now LORD JEHOVAH shall see my submission, and he shall pay me good in exchange for the abuses of today”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />It may be that the LORD will look on mine eye, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If by any means the Lord may look on my affliction, thus shall he return me good for his cursing this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/16-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=4615" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/16.htm">Shimei Curses David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/194.htm" title="194: ’ū·lay (Adv) -- Perhaps. Or rulay; from 'ow; if not; hence perhaps.">Perhaps</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: yir·’eh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">will see</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: bə·ʿă·wō·nī (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 1cs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">my affliction</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·hê·šîḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">and repay</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·w·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">with good</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7045.htm" title="7045: qil·lā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A curse. From qalal; vilification.">the cursing I receive</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">today.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-18.htm">Psalm 25:18</a></span><br />Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-12.htm">Psalm 38:12-15</a></span><br />Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long. / But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. / I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8-13</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools. / I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. / Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/109-21.htm">Psalm 109:21-26</a></span><br />But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. / For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. / I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-153.htm">Psalm 119:153</a></span><br />Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm">1 Peter 2:23</a></span><br />When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a></span><br />Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a></span><br />But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-28.htm">Luke 6:28</a></span><br />bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/24-12.htm">1 Samuel 24:12</a></span><br />May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/26-10.htm">1 Samuel 26:10</a></span><br />David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a></span><br />As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35-36</a></span><br />Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.” / For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-22.htm">Proverbs 20:22</a></span><br />Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/24-29.htm">Proverbs 24:29</a></span><br />Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.</p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-32.htm">Genesis 29:32,33</a></b></br> And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24,25</a></b></br> And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7,8</a></b></br> And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which <i>are</i> in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; … </p><p class="hdg">affliction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/23-5.htm">Deuteronomy 23:5</a></b></br> Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-7.htm">Isaiah 27:7</a></b></br> Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? <i>or</i> is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11,12</a></b></br> Blessed are ye, when <i>men</i> shall revile you, and persecute <i>you</i>, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/2-32.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-7.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-10.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-2.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-10.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-26.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-10.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-22.htm">Look</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-28.htm">Note</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-16.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-6.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-7.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-3.htm">Today</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-24.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-16.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-33.htm">Wrongs</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/8-38.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-13.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-13.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-7.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-25.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-4.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/job/14-6.htm">Look</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-16.htm">Note</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-5.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-4.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-44.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-20.htm">Today</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-30.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-19.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-3.htm">Wrongs</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-5.htm">At Bahurim, Shimei curses David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-9.htm">David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-15.htm">Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-20.htm">Ahithophel's counsel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep trust in God's omniscience and justice. David, the speaker, is in a period of great distress as he flees from his son Absalom, who has usurped the throne. The term "affliction" here can be understood as both physical and emotional suffering. In the broader biblical context, God is often portrayed as one who sees and responds to the afflictions of His people, as seen in <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7</a>, where God acknowledges the suffering of the Israelites in Egypt. David's hope is that God, who is aware of all things, will take notice of his current plight.<p><b>and repay me with good</b><br>David expresses hope that God will transform his current suffering into a blessing. This reflects a common biblical theme where God turns situations of hardship into opportunities for growth and blessing, as seen in the story of Joseph in <a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a>. The idea of divine recompense is also echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to endure suffering with the hope of future reward (<a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Romans 8:18</a>). David's faith in God's justice and goodness is evident, trusting that God will ultimately bring about a positive outcome.<p><b>for the cursing I receive today.</b><br>The "cursing" refers to the verbal abuse David receives from Shimei, a member of Saul's family, as he flees Jerusalem. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, cursing was a serious offense, often believed to invoke divine judgment. However, David's response is one of humility and patience, choosing not to retaliate. This attitude is reminiscent of Jesus Christ, who taught and exemplified love for enemies and non-retaliation (<a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a>). David's acceptance of the cursing can also be seen as an acknowledgment of his own past sins, particularly his actions involving Bathsheba and Uriah, and a submission to God's sovereign will.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, who is fleeing from his son Absalom. In this verse, David is responding to the cursing of Shimei.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/shimei.htm">Shimei</a></b><br>A member of the house of Saul who curses David as he flees from Absalom, throwing stones and dust at him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/absalom.htm">Absalom</a></b><br>David's son, who has rebelled against his father and taken over Jerusalem, forcing David to flee.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, whom David trusts to see his affliction and potentially bring about justice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/bahurim.htm">Bahurim</a></b><br>The location where Shimei curses David, a village in the territory of Benjamin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_divine_justice.htm">Trust in Divine Justice</a></b><br>David's response to Shimei's cursing demonstrates a profound trust in God's justice. Believers are encouraged to rely on God to right wrongs rather than seeking personal vengeance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_persecution.htm">Responding to Persecution</a></b><br>David's restraint in the face of Shimei's insults is a model for Christians to respond to persecution with grace and patience, trusting God to handle the situation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_suffering.htm">God's Sovereignty in Suffering</a></b><br>David's hope that God will see his affliction and repay him with good highlights the belief in God's sovereignty and ability to bring good out of suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_leadership.htm">Humility in Leadership</a></b><br>David's humility in accepting Shimei's cursing without retaliation is a lesson in leadership, showing that true strength lies in humility and reliance on God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_redemption.htm">Hope in Redemption</a></b><br>The verse encourages believers to maintain hope that God can transform curses into blessings, reflecting a redemptive perspective on life's challenges.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_david's_acceptance_of_cursing_contradict.htm">(2 Samuel 16:10–12) Does David’s acceptance of Shimei’s cursing contradict other texts where blasphemy or cursing of God’s anointed is forbidden? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_allow_shimei_to_curse_david.htm">(2 Samuel 16:5–8) How could God supposedly endorse Shimei’s hostile cursing of David if God is just and fair? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_1_sam_16_7,_16_12_on_looks.htm">How do we reconcile 1 Samuel 16:7's emphasis on God looking at the heart with David's 'handsome' description in 16:12, suggesting external attributes mattered?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_divine_judgment_on_amnon.htm">Why is there no direct divine judgment against Amnon for his actions in 2 Samuel 13:1-14?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Look on mine affliction.</span>--The English here follows the LXX. and Vulg. The Hebrew margin has <span class= "ital">mine eye, </span>but the text has <span class= "ital">my iniquity, </span>which is probably the true sense. David expresses the hope that God will mercifully look upon his sin, of which he has repented, and for which he is now bearing punishment: a part of this punishment is the cursing of Shimei, and God may be well pleased that it should be patiently borne.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Mine affliction.</span> This reading is supported by the Septuagint and Vulgate. The Syriac has "my subjection," possibly a free translation of the same reading. But the written text (K'tib) has "my wrong," either the wrong I have done, and of which I am bearing the punishment, or, as in the Revised Version, "the wrong done unto me." The correction of the Massorites (K'ri), is literally "my eye," that is, "my team." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/16-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Perhaps</span><br /><span class="heb">אוּלַ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(’ū·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_194.htm">Strong's 194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will see</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְאֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yir·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my affliction</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵינִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and repay</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵשִׁ֨יב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·šîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">with good</span><br /><span class="heb">טוֹבָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·w·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֥חַת</span> <span class="translit">(ta·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cursing [I receive]</span><br /><span class="heb">קִלְלָת֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(qil·lā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7045.htm">Strong's 7045: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vilification</span><br /><br /><span class="word">today.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּ֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/16-12.htm">2 Samuel 16:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/16-12.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that Yahweh will look (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/16-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 16:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 16:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/16-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 16:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 16:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>