2 Samuel 14:2
2 Samuel chapter 14 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 11:26
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
- Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
- 2 Chronicles 11:6
He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
- Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
- Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.