Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 14:21

2 Samuel chapter 14 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.20to 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.

v.21This passage

v.22And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king; and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favor in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of his servant.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Samuel 14:39

    For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

  • Mark 6:26

    And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.

  • 2 Samuel 14:11

    Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.