2 Samuel 20:20 - Tree of Life Version

²⁰ Joab replied saying, “Never! Far be it from me that I would devour up or ruin.

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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 took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s other hand. So he stabbed him with it in the groin and poured out his entrails to the ground, and did not strike him again, for he died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. Are you seeking to destroy a mother city in Israel? Why would you devour Adonai’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 20:21

The matter is not so; but a fellow from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri his name, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give him up alone and I will withdraw from the city.” So the woman replied to Joab, “Look here, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

2 Samuel 23:17

and he said, “‘Far be it from me, Adonai, that I should do this—the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?’” So he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

Job 21:16

Look, their prosperity is not in their own hands; 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

One who covers up his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them finds mercy.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?

Luke 10:29

But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”