2 Samuel 20:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ And Yo’aḇ

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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.

2 Samuel 20:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa was not on guard against the sword in Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 20:19

“I am of the peaceable and trustworthy ones in Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 20:21

“That is not the case. But a man from the mountains of Ephrayim, Sheḇ

2 Samuel 23:17

And he said, “Far be it from me, O יהוה, to do this – the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives!” So he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.

Job 21:16

See, is their good not in their own hand? (The counsel of the wrong has been far from me).

Job 22:18

Yet He filled their houses with the good! (But the counsel of the wrong has been far from me).

Proverbs 28:13

He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?

Luke 10:29

But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”