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2 Samuel 20:16

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

KJV

Et exclamavit mulier sapiens de civitate : Audite, audite : dicite Joab : Appropinqua huc, et loquar tecum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐβόησεν γυνὴ σοφὴ ἐκ τοῦ τείχους καὶ εἶπεν Ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε, εἴπατε δὴ πρὸς Ἰωάβ Ἔγγισον ἕως ὧδε, καὶ λαλήσω πρὸς αὐτόν.

LXX

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

ASV

וַ/תִּקְרָ֛א אִשָּׁ֥ה חֲכָמָ֖ה מִן הָ/עִ֑יר שִׁמְע֤וּ שִׁמְעוּ֙ אִמְרוּ נָ֣א אֶל יוֹאָ֔ב קְרַ֣ב עַד הֵ֔נָּה וַ/אֲדַבְּרָ֖ה אֵלֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Joab

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם
hqrbtm
verb · 283×
הֵ֔נָּה
hnh
adverb · 50×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:3 — Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he
  • 1Sam 25:32 — And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
  • 2Sam 14:2 — And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a w
  • Eccl 9:14 — There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
  • Prov 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.