2 Samuel 15:26
Good News Translation
But if he isn't pleased with me--well, then, let him do to me what he wishes."

New Revised Standard Version
But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,’ here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”

Contemporary English Version
But if he says he isn't pleased with me, then let him do what he knows is best.

New American Bible
But if he should say, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ I am ready; let him do to me as he sees fit.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.

I have not

2 Samuel 22:20 And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.

Numbers 14:8 If the Lord be favourable, he will bring us into it, and give us a land flowing with milk and honey.

1 Kings 10:9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom thou hast pleased, and who hath set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord hath loved Israel for ever, and hath appointed thee king, to do judgment and justice.

2 Chronicles 9:8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath been pleased to set thee on his throne, king of the Lord thy God. Because God loveth Israel, and will preserve them forever: therefore hath he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 62:4 Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken: and thy land shall no more be called Desolate: but thou shalt be called My pleasure in her, and thy land inhabited. Because the Lord hath been well pleased with thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.

Jeremiah 22:28 Is this man Jechonias an earthen and a broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Jeremiah 32:41 And I will rejoice over them, when I shall do them good: and I will plant them in this land in truth, with my whole heart, and with all my soul.

Matthew 1:10 And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias.

let

Judges 10:15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord: We have sinned, do thou unto us whatsoever pleaseth thee: only deliver us this time.

1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told him all the words, and did not hide them from him. And he answered: It is the Lord: let him do what is good in his sight.

Job 1:20,21 Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, . . .

Psalm 39:9 I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.

Context
David Flees Jerusalem
25And the king said to Sadoc: Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find grace in the sight of the Lord, he will bring me again, and he will shew me it, and his tabernacle. 26But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.27And the king said to Sadoc the priest: O seer, return into the city in peace: and let Achimaas thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:18
So Samuel told him all the words, and did not hide them from him. And he answered: It is the Lord: let him do what is good in his sight.

2 Samuel 11:27
And the mourning being over, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore him a son: and this thing which David had done, was displeasing to the Lord.

2 Samuel 22:20
And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.

1 Chronicles 21:7
And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.

2 Samuel 15:25
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