2 Samuel 14:22 - The Scriptures 2009

²² And Yo’aḇ fell to the ground on his face and did obeisance, and blessed the sovereign. And Yo’aḇ said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favour in your eyes, my master, O sovereign, in that the sovereign has done the word of his servant.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² And Joab fell to the ground on his face and did obeisance and thanked the king. And Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king; and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favor in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of his servant.

Common English Bible

²² Joab fell facedown, bowing low out of respect, and he blessed the king. “Today your servant knows that you think well of me, my master and king,” Joab said, “because the king has followed up on his servant’s recommendation.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² And falling to the ground upon his face, Joab reverenced, and he blessed the king. And Joab said: "Today your servant has understood that I have found grace in your sight, my lord the king. For you have accomplished the word of your servant."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face. Adored, and blessed the king. And Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king; for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.

2 Samuel 14:22 Cross References

Genesis 47:7

And Yosĕph brought in his father Ya‛aqoḇ and set him before Pharaoh. And Ya‛aqoḇ blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 6:8

But Noaḥ found favour in the eyes of יהוה.

2 Samuel 14:21

And the sovereign said to Yo’aḇ, “See now, you shall do this matter. And go, bring back the young man Aḇshalom.”

2 Samuel 14:23

And Yo’aḇ rose up and went to Geshur, and brought Aḇshalom to Yerushalayim.

2 Samuel 14:4

And when the woman of Teqowa spoke to the sovereign, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, “Save, O sovereign!”

2 Samuel 19:39

Then all the people went over the Yardĕn. And when the sovereign had passed over, the sovereign kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.

Nehemiah 11:2

And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to dwell at Yerushalayim.

Job 29:11

For when the ear heard, it blessed me, and when the eye saw, it gave witness of me;

Job 31:20

if his loins have not blessed me, and he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep;

Proverbs 31:28

Her children shall rise up and call her blessed; Her husband too, and he praises her:

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth, the Mo’aḇitess, said to Na‛omi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose eyes I find favour.” So she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

1 Samuel 20:3

But Dawiḏ swore again, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favour in your eyes, and he says, ‘Do not let Yehonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as יהוה lives and as your being lives, there is but a step between me and death.”