2 Samuel 20:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ Joab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Joab answered, “I would never, ever annihilate or destroy such a thing!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ 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

²⁰ And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should I do not throw down, nor destroy.

2 Samuel 20:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa did not observe the sword which was in Joab's hand; so Joab struck him with it in the body, and shed his bowels to the ground, without striking a second blow; and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel; you seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel; why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”

2 Samuel 20:21

That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David; give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”

2 Samuel 23:17

and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

Job 21:16

Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:18

Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it?

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”