2 Samuel 14:31 - Easy To Read Version

³¹ Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. Joab said to Absalom, “Why did your servants burn my field?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

Common English Bible

³¹ So Joab went straight to Absalom’s house and said to him, “Why have your servants set my property on fire?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And Joab rose up, and he went to Absalom at his house, and he said, "Why have your servants set fire to my grain field?"

2 Samuel 14:31 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:30

Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to my field. He has barley growing in that field. Go burn the barley.”

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom said to Joab, “I sent a message to you. I asked you to come here. I wanted to send you to the king. I wanted you to ask him why he asked me to come home from Geshur. {I can’t see him, so} it would have been better for me to stay in Geshur. Now let me see the king. If I have sinned, then he can kill me!”