2 Samuel 14:20
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To fetch about this form of speech 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.Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
In other translations
To fetch about this form of speech 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.Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
Hebrew words
לְבַעֲבוּרleva'avur<to> in orderH5668סַבֵּבsabevto changeH5437אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הַדָּבָרhadavarthe matterH1697עָשָׂה'asahhe didH6213עַבְדְּךָ'avdekhaservant yourH5650יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַדָּבָרhadavarthe thingH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088וַאדֹנִיvadoniand lord myH113חָכָםchakham[is] wiseH2450כְּחָכְמַתkechakhematlike [the] wisdom ofH2451מַלְאַךְmal'akh[the] angel ofH4397הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohim<the> GodH430לָדַעַתlada'atto knowH3045אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834בָּאָרֶץ׃ סba'aretz[is] in the landH776
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 14:17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
- 2 Samuel 19:27And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
- 2 Samuel 5:23And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- 1 Corinthians 8:1-21 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
- Genesis 3:5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
- Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- Job 32:21-2221 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.21 I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man. 22 For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
- Job 38:16-4116 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
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People: Joab