Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
Joab the
son of Zeruiah
perceived
that the king's
heart was
toward
Absalom .
And
Joab son of Zeruial
knoweth
that the heart of
the
king
`is'
on
Absalom ,
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 :
and Joab sendeth
to Tekoah, and taketh
thence a wise woman, and saith
unto her, `
Feign thyself a mourner, I
pray
thee,
and put on ,
I
pray
thee,
garments
of
mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and
thou
hast
been
as a woman these
many
days
mourning
for the dead ,
And come
to
the king, and speak
on
this
manner
unto him .
So
Joab put
the words in
her mouth.
and thou
hast
gone
unto
the king, and spoken
unto him ,
according
to
this
word;'
and
Joab putteth
the words into
her mouth.
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.
And the woman of Tekoah speaketh
unto
the king, and
falleth
on her face to the earth
, and doth
obeisance, and saith
, `Save
, O king. '
And the king said
unto
her, What aileth
thee? And she answered
, I
am
indeed
a widow woman, and mine
husband is
dead.
And the king saith
to
her, `
What --
to
thee? '
and she saith
, `Truly
a widow woman `am'
I
, and my
husband dieth,
And thy handmaid
had
two sons ,
and they two
strove
together
in the
field, and there was
none
to
part
them, but
the one smote
the other, and slew
him .
and thy maid-servant
hath
two sons ;
and they strive
both
of
them
in a
field, and there is
no
deliverer
between
them, and
the one smiteth
the other, and putteth
him to
death;
And ,
behold
, the whole family is
risen against thine
handmaid
, and they
said
, Deliver
him that
smote
his brother, that
we may
kill
him ,
for the life of his brother whom he slew;
and we will
destroy the heir also:
and so
they shall
quench
my coal which is left ,
and
shall
not leave
to my husband neither
name nor
remainder
upon
the earth
.
and lo
, the whole family hath
risen against thy
maid-servant
, and say
, Give
up
him who
smiteth
his brother, and
we put
him to
death
for the life of his brother whom he hath
slain,
and we destroy also
the heir ;
and they have
quenched
my coal which is left --
so
as
not to set
to
my husband a
name and
remnant
on
the face
of
the
ground
. '
And the king said
unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will
give charge concerning thee.
And the king saith
unto the woman, `
Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee. '
And the woman of Tekoah said
unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be
on
me
, and on my
father's
house :
and the king and his throne be
guiltless
.
And the woman of Tekoah saith
unto the king, `On
me,
my lord, O king, `is'
the iniquity, and on the
house of
my
father;
and the king and his throne `are'
innocent
. '
And the king said,
Whoever
saith ought
unto thee, bring
him to
me, and
he shall
not touch
thee
any more.
And the king saith ,
`He
who
speaketh
`aught'
unto thee, and
thou
hast
brought
him unto
me, then
he doth
not add
any more to
come
against
thee
. '
Then
said
she, I pray thee, let
the king remember the
LORD
thy God, that thou
wouldest
not
suffer
the revengers
of blood to destroy any
more
, lest
they destroy my son .
And he said
, As
the
LORD
liveth ,
there shall
not
one
hair of thy son fall
to the earth.
And
she saith
, `Let,
I pray thee, the king remember by
Jehovah
thy God, that the redeemer
of blood add
not
to destroy, and
they destroy not
my son ;'
and he saith
, `Jehovah
liveth ;
if
there doth
fall
of
the
hair of thy son to the earth. '
Then
the woman said
, Let thine
handmaid
, I pray thee, speak one
word
unto my lord the king .
And he said
, Say
on
.
And
the woman saith
, `
Let, I pray thee, thy
maid-servant
speak unto my lord the king a
word;'
and he saith
, `Speak
. '
And the woman said
, Wherefore
then
hast thou thought such
a
thing
against
the people of God? for
the king doth
speak
this thing as one which
is
faulty
, in that the king doth
not fetch
home
again
his banished.
And the woman saith
, `And
why
hast thou thought thus
concerning
the people of God? yea,
the king is
speaking
this thing as a
guilty
one, in that the king hath
not brought
back
his outcast;
For we must
needs
die, and are as water spilt
on
the ground
, which cannot
be
gathered up
again;
neither
doth
God respect
any
person:
yet
doth he
devise
means
, that his
banished
be
not expelled
from
him.
for we do
surely
die, and `
are '
as water which
is
running
down
to
the earth
, which is
not
gathered ,
and
God doth not
accept
a
person
, and
hath
devised
devices
in
that the
outcast
is
not outcast
by
Him.
Now therefore
that I am
come to speak of
this
thing
unto my
lord
the king, it is because the people have
made me afraid :
and thy handmaid
said
, I
will
now
speak unto the king; it may be that
the king will
perform
the request
of his handmaid .
`And
now that I have
come to speak unto the king my
lord
this
word
, `
it is '
because the people made me afraid ,
and thy maid-servant
saith
, Let
me
speak ,
I
pray
thee,
unto the king; it may be the king doth
do
the word
of his handmaid ,
For the king will
hear,
to deliver his handmaid out of the hand
of the man that
would
destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God .
for the king doth
hearken
to deliver his handmaid out of the paw
of the man `seeking'
to
destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God ,
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.
and
thy
maid-servant
saith
, Let,
I
pray
thee,
the word of my lord the king be for ease;
for
as a
messenger
of God so `
is '
my lord the king ,
to understand
the
good and the evil;
and
Jehovah
thy God is
with thee. '
Then
the king answered
and said
unto the woman, Hide
not from
me
, I pray thee, the thing that I shall
ask
thee .
And the woman said
, Let my lord the king now
speak.
And
the king answereth
and saith
unto the woman, `Do
not, I pray thee, hide
from
me
the thing that I am
asking
thee ;'
and the woman saith
, `
Let ,
I
pray
thee,
my lord the king speak. '
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:
And the king saith
, `
Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? '
And the woman answereth
and saith
, `
Thy soul liveth, my lord ,
O
king, none `doth
turn '
to the right or to the left from all
that my lord the king hath spoken ;
for thy servant Joab he commanded
me, and he put in the mouth of thy
maid-servant
all
these
words;
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
.
in
order
to bring
round
the
appearance
of the
thing
hath thy servant Joab done this thing ,
and my lord `
is '
wise, according to the wisdom of a
messenger
of God, to know all that `is'
in the land
. '
And the king said
unto Joab, Behold
now
, I have
done this thing :
go therefore
, bring the young man Absalom again
.
And the king saith
unto Joab, `Lo
, I pray
thee,
thou
hast
done this thing ;
and
go, bring back
the young man Absalom. '
And Joab fell
to
the
ground
on his face, and bowed
himself
, and thanked
the king :
and Joab said
, To day thy servant knoweth
that I have found grace in thy
sight
, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled
the request
of his servant.
And Joab falleth
on his face to
the
earth
, and doth
obeisance
, and blesseth
the king ,
and Joab saith
, `
To -
day hath
thy servant known
that I have found grace in thine
eyes
, my lord, O king, in that the king hath done
the word
of his servant. '
So
Joab arose
and went
to Geshur, and brought
Absalom to Jerusalem .
And
Joab riseth
and goeth
to Geshur, and bringeth
in
Absalom to Jerusalem ,
And the king said
, Let him turn to
his own
house, and let
him
not
see
my face. So
Absalom returned
to
his own
house, and saw
not
the king's
face.
and the king saith
, `
Let him turn round
unto
his house, and my face he
doth
not
see
. '
And
Absalom turneth
round
unto
his house, and the face of
the
king
he
hath
not
seen
.
But
in all Israel there
was
none
to be
so
much
praised
as
Absalom
for
his
beauty:
from the sole of his foot even to
the
crown
of
his head
there was no blemish in him .
And
like
Absalom
there
was
no
man
`so'
fair
in all Israel ,
to praise
greatly;
from the sole of his foot even unto
his crown
there was no blemish in him ;
And when
he
polled
his head ,
(for
it was
at every
year's
end that he polled
it :
because
the
hair
was
heavy on him, therefore
he polled it :)
he weighed the hair of his head at
two hundred shekels after
the king's weight.
and in
his polling
his
head --
and
it hath
been
at the
end of
year
by
year
that he polleth
`
it ',
for
it
`is'
heavy on him, and
he hath
polled it --
he hath
even
weighed out
the hair of his head --
two hundred shekels by
the king's weight.
And unto
Absalom
there were
born three sons, and one daughter, whose
name was
Tamar :
she was a woman of a fair countenance
.
And there are
born to
Absalom
three sons, and one daughter, and
her
name `is'
Tamar ;
she was a woman of a fair appearance
.
So
Absalom dwelt
two
full
years
in Jerusalem, and saw
not
the king's
face .
And
Absalom dwelleth
in Jerusalem two
years
of
days
, and the face of
the
king
he
hath
not
seen;
Therefore
Absalom sent
for
Joab, to have
sent
him to
the king ;
but
he would
not come
to him :
and when
he sent
again the
second time, he would
not come.
and
Absalom sendeth
unto
Joab, to send
him unto
the king ,
and
he hath
not been
willing
to come
unto
him ;
and he sendeth
again a
second time, and
he hath
not been
willing
to
come.
Therefore
he said
unto his servants, See, Joab's
field
is near
mine, and he hath barley there; go and set
it on
fire .
And Absalom's
servants set
the field
on
fire.
And
he saith
unto his servants, `
See, the
portion
of
Joab
`
is '
by
the
side
of
mine, and he hath barley there; go ,
and burn
it with
fire ;'
and the
servants of
Absalom
burn
the portion
with
fire.
Then
Joab arose,
and came
to
Absalom
unto his
house, and said
unto him, Wherefore
have thy servants set
my
field
on
fire?
And
Joab riseth
and cometh
unto Absalom
in
the
house, and saith
unto him, `Why
have thy servants burned
the
portion
that
I
have
with
fire? '
And Absalom answered
Joab, Behold
, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that
I may
send thee to
the king ,
to say, Wherefore
am
I come from Geshur? it
had
been
good for me to
have
been
there still:
now therefore
let me see the king's face ;
and if there be
any
iniquity
in me ,
let
him
kill
me.
And Absalom saith
unto
Joab, `Lo
, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and
I send thee unto
the king to say, Why
have
I come in
from Geshur? --
good for me while
I
`am'
there --
and
now ,
let me see the king's face ,
and if there is
in me iniquity
then
thou
hast
put
me to
death
. '
So
Joab came
to
the king, and told
him :
and when
he had
called
for
Absalom, he came
to
the king, and bowed
himself on his face to the ground
before the king :
and the king kissed
Absalom.
And
Joab cometh
unto
the king, and declareth
`it'
to
him ,
and he calleth
unto
Absalom, and
he cometh
unto
the king, and boweth
himself to
him,
on his face ,
to the earth,
before the king ,
and the king giveth
a
kiss
to
Absalom.
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