2 Samuel 14:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²¹ Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then the king said to Joab, Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.

Common English Bible

²¹ So the king said to Joab, “All right then. I will do it. Go and bring back my boy Absalom.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And the king said to Joab: "Behold, your word has succeeded in appeasing me. Therefore, go and call back the boy Absalom."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And the king said to Joab: Behold, I am appeased and have granted thy request. Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

Then she said, “Pray let the king invoke the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood slay no more, and my son be not destroyed.” He said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

2 Samuel 14:22

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king; and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”

Mark 6:26

And the king was exceedingly sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.

1 Samuel 14:39

For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.