Parallel Verses
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.
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 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 And also you know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, that he murdered them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle on his loins, and in his shoes on his feet. 6 And you shall do according to your wisdom and shall not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table. For so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:9
And now, do not hold him guiltless. For you are a wise man, and you know what you ought to do to him. But bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man; for He made man in the image of God.
Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead, and he is left alone. And if mischief should happen to him by the way you go, then you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Numbers 35:33
So you shall not defile the land in which you are. For blood defiles the land. And the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him that shed it.
1 Kings 2:28-34
And the report came to Joab. For Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
2 Kings 22:20
Behold, even so I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace. And your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. And they brought the king this word again.
Psalm 37:37
Watch the perfect and behold the upright one; for the end of that man is peace.
Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.
Proverbs 28:17
A man who is pressed down with the blood of a soul shall flee to the pit; do not let them uphold him.
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 48:22
There is no peace, says Jehovah, to the wicked.
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, says my God, to the wicked.
Isaiah 65:20
There will not be an infant, nor an old man that has not filled his days. For the child will die a hundred years old; but the sinner who is a hundred years old will be despised.