1 Kings 2:6
What does 1 Kings 2:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 2:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Do, therefore, according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Context
v.5Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
v.6This passage
v.7But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
- Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Isaiah 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
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