2 Samuel 14:20

Translations

Modern

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.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

In order to bring about the change of this thing, your servant Joab has done this thing. And my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that is in the land.”

Latin

Ut verterem figuram sermonis hujus, servus tuus Joab præcepit istud: tu autem, domine mi rex, sapiens es, sicut habet sapientiam angelus Dei, ut intelligas omnia super terram.

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English

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.”

Notes

2 Samuel 14:20

has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God: This wise woman (2 Samuel 14:2) knew it was better to praise a king than to insult him.

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David Joab

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

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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.’”
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Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Job 32:21–22
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
1 Corinthians 8:1–2
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
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Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

People

Joab: Son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army

Glossary

Absalom Angel of the Lord David Education Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Absalom is Permitted by David to Return to Jerusalem Angel (A Spirit): A Celestial Spirit are Wise Angel (Holy Trinity): One of the Holy Trinity: Called Angel of God Angels are Wise David: King of Israel: Absalom's Return Dishonesty: Joab's Guile in Securing Absalom's Return Flattery by the Woman of Tekoah Flattery: Woman of Tekoah Intercession: Joab for Absalom Joab: Son of David's Sister: Procures the Return of Absalom to Jerusalem Kindness: Joab to Absalom Obsequiousness: The Woman of Tekoah Tact: Joab's Trick in Obtaining David's Consent to the Return of Absalom

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