2 Samuel 20:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁶ Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Jo´ab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then a wise woman of the city cried, Hear, hear! Say to Joab, Come here so I can speak to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come over here, so I can talk to him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And a wise woman exclaimed from the city: "Listen, listen, and say to Joab: Draw near, and I will speak with you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee.

2 Samuel 20:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

And Jo´ab sent to Teko´a, 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 20:17

And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Jo´ab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom: and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Jo´ab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Jo´ab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

Daniel 2:14

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Ar´i-och the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab´igail; and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.