2 Samuel 14:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ 2 And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And the woman said, The word of my lord the king will now give me rest and security, for as an angel of God is my lord the king to hear and discern good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Your servant thought, The word of my master the king will definitely comfort me, because my master the king is like one of God’s messengers, understanding good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, let your handmaid speak, so that the word of my lord the king may be like a sacrifice. For even like an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, so that he is moved by neither a blessing, nor a curse. Then too, the Lord your God is with you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of the Lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he is neither moved with blessing nor cursing. Wherefore the Lord thy God is also with thee.

2 Samuel 14:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:18

3 Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:20

5 But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

2 Samuel 19:27

2 Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of a great age, that is to say, fourscore years old, and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich.

2 Samuel 19:28

3 And the king said to Berzellai: Come with me that thou mayest rest secure with me in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 3:28

Azarias the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king: Zabud, the son of Nathan the priest, the king's friend:

1 Kings 3:9

4 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and Beep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.

Job 6:30

My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.

Proverbs 27:21

The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

Proverbs 29:5

2 A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.

Hebrews 5:14

But, my dearly beloved, we trust better things of you, and nearer to salvation; though we speak thus.

Joshua 1:17

And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:

1 Samuel 29:9

So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,