2 Samuel 14:3
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
2 Samuel 14:3 in other translations
| BSB | Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth. |
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| WEB | Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth. |
| ASV | and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. |
| YLT | and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth. |
| DARBY | and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth. |
| BBE | And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say. |
| Webster | And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. |
What does 2 Samuel 14:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 14:2-21
2Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah. 2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the public interests made him hesitate…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:1-20
We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.
2 Samuel 14:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 14:3
- 2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
- Exodus 4:15
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
- Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
- Jeremiah 1:9
Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
- Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- Isaiah 51:16
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 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 woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 14:3
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- 2 Samuel 14:4
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
2 Samuel 14:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y entrando al rey, habla con él de esta manera. Y puso Joab las palabras en su boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et entre vers le roi, et parle-lui de cette manière. Et Joab lui mit les paroles dans la bouche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und gehe zum König hinein und rede zu ihm nach diesem Worte. Und Joab legte ihr die Worte in den Mund. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ingredieris ad regem, et loqueris ad eum sermones hujuscemodi. Posuit autem Joab verba in ore ejus. |