Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 14:20

2 Samuel chapter 14 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

Context

v.19And 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 the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

v.20This passage

v.21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 32:21

    Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

  • 2 Samuel 5:23

    And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.

  • 2 Samuel 19:27

    And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

  • Proverbs 26:28

    A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:1

    Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

  • Job 38:16

    Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?