Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol 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 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.
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 you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. 7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood."
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Genesis 42:38
He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
Numbers 35:33
"'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
1 Kings 2:28-34
The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
2 Kings 22:20
'Therefore behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the disaster which I will bring on this place.'"'" They brought back this message to the king.
Psalm 37:37
Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
Proverbs 20:26
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 28:17
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support 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 the LORD, "for the wicked."
Isaiah 57:2
He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
Isaiah 57:21
"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Isaiah 65:20
"There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.