2 Samuel 20:20 - The Scriptures 1998 And Yo’aḇ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy! American Standard Version (1901) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Common English Bible Joab answered, “I would never, ever annihilate or destroy such a thing! Catholic Public Domain Version And responding, Joab said: "May this be far, may this be far from me! May I not cast down, and may I not demolish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should I do not throw down, nor destroy. |
And he said, “Far be it from me, O יהוה, to do this – the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives!” So he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.
See, is their good not in their own hand? (The counsel of the wrong has been far from me).
Yet He filled their houses with the good! (But the counsel of the wrong has been far from me).
He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.
“The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?
But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”