Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then you must go to the king and speak to him according to this word." [Thus] Joab put the words in her mouth.
New American Standard Bible
then go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab put
King James Version
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Holman Bible
Go to the king and speak these words to him.” Then Joab told her exactly what to say.
International Standard Version
Then go to the king and speak to him like this"" Then Joab told her what to say.
A Conservative Version
And go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
American Standard Version
and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Amplified
Then go to the king and speak to him in this way.” So Joab
Bible in Basic English
And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.
Darby Translation
and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
And come to the king and speak to him according to this word. And Joab will put words in her mouth.
King James 2000
And come to the king, and speak in this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Modern King James verseion
And come to the king, and speak in this way to him. And Joab put the words in her mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And go to the king and speak of thus manner unto him." And so Joab taught her what she should say.
NET Bible
Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion." Then Joab told her what to say.
New Heart English Bible
Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
so shalt thou come in unto the king, and speak unto him, after this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.
Webster
And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
World English Bible
Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.
Themes
Absalom » Is permitted by david to return to jerusalem
David » King of israel » Absalom's return
Dishonesty » Instances of » Joab's guile in securing absalom's return
intercession » Instances of » Joab for absalom
Joab » Son of david's sister » Procures the return of absalom to jerusalem
Kindness » Instances of » Joab to absalom
Tact » Joab's trick in obtaining david's consent to the return of absalom
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 14:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joab Plots To Reconcile David With Absalom
2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and he said to her, "Please pretend to mourn and put on garments of mourning. You should not anoint yourself [with] oil, and you must act like this woman who has been mourning over the dead for {a long time}. 3 Then you must go to the king and speak to him according to this word." [Thus] Joab put the words in her mouth. 4 So the Tekoite woman spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance. She said, "Help me, O king!"
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Cross References
2 Samuel 14:19
The king asked, "[Was] the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered and said, "{As your soul lives}, my lord the king, surely [one cannot] go to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken. Yes, your servant Joab himself commanded me, and he put all of these words in the mouth of your servant.
Exodus 4:15
And you will speak to him, and you will put words in his mouth, and I myself will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you must do.
Numbers 23:5
Yahweh put a word in the mouth of Balaam and said, "Return to Balak, and you must speak thus."
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up a prophet for them {from among their countrymen} like you, and I will place my words into his mouth, and he shall speak to them {everything that I command him}.
Isaiah 51:16
And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand, to plant [the] heavens and to found [the] earth, saying to Zion, 'You [are] my people.'"
Isaiah 59:21
"And as for me, this [is] my covenant with them, says Yahweh: my spirit that [is] upon you, and my words that I have placed in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your {children}, or from the mouths of {your children's children}," says Yahweh, "from now on and forever."
Jeremiah 1:9
Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and he touched my mouth, and Yahweh said to me, "Look, I have put my words in your mouth.