Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Holman Bible
Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.
International Standard Version
So act consistently with your wisdom, and don't let him die as a peaceful old man.
A Conservative Version
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and do not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
American Standard Version
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Amplified
So act in accordance with your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace.
Bible in Basic English
So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Julia Smith Translation
And do according to thy wisdom, and thou wilt not bring down his gray hairs in peace to hades
King James 2000
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You must act according to your wisdom, but you must not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall do according to your wisdom and shall not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Deal with him therefore according to thy wisdom and see that thou bring not his hoar head down to the grave in peace.
NET Bible
Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don't let him live long and die a peaceful death.
New Heart English Bible
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore, must do according to thy wisdom, - but will not let his grey hair go down in peace, to hades.
Webster
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace.
World English Bible
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Youngs Literal Translation
and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
Themes
David » King of israel » Delivers his charge to solomon
death » Scenes of » Death of david
Evil for good » Instances of » To joab
Friends » False friends » David was false to joab
Ingratitude » Of man to man » David to joab
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Malice » Instances of » David toward joab
Punishments » Sometimes deferred for a considerable time
Interlinear
Seybah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
David's Instructions For Solomon
5
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me and what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner, the son of Ner and unto Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6
Cross References
1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man and knowest what thou should do with him, but thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds man's blood in man, his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God is man made.
Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; if some disaster should befall him by the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring my gray hairs with sorrow down to Sheol.
Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land where ye are, for this blood shall defile the land; and the land cannot be reconciled of the blood that is shed therein except by the blood of the one that shed it.
1 Kings 2:28-34
And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
2 Kings 22:20
Behold, therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
Psalm 37:37
Schin Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of each one of them is peace.
Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.
Proverbs 28:17
A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee all the way to the grave, and no one shall sustain him.
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because the 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 48:22
There is no peace for the wicked, said the LORD.
Isaiah 57:2
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked.
Isaiah 65:20
There shall no longer be there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days, for the child shall die one hundred years old; and he who sins at one hundred years of age shall be accursed.