2 Samuel 14:20
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.
KJV
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.
Vulgate
ἕνεκεν τοῦ περιελθεῖν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ῥήματος τούτου ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ δοῦλός σου Ἰωάβ, τὸν δόλον τοῦτον· καὶ ὁ κύριός μου σοφὸς καθὼς σοφία ἀγγέλου τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ γνῶναι πάντα τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ.
LXX
to change the face of the matter 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.
ASV
לְ/בַ/עֲב֤וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת פְּנֵ֣י הַ/דָּבָ֔ר עָשָׂ֛ה עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֑ה וַ/אדֹנִ֣/י חָכָ֗ם כְּ/חָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים לָ/דַ֖עַת אֶֽת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 16:18 — Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a
- 1Sam 29:9 — And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
- 2Sam 14:17 — Then 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.
- 2Sam 14:17 — Then 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.
- 2Sam 19:27 — And 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.
- 2Sam 19:27 — And 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.
- Job 32:21 — Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.