2 Samuel 20:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ Then Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you my brother?” With his right hand Joab took Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand [as if] to kiss him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

Common English Bible

⁹ “How are you, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa, and with his right hand he took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to kiss him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then Joab said to Amasa, "Be well, my brother." And he held Amasa by the chin with his right hand, as if to kiss him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.

2 Samuel 20:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:5

Also, whenever anyone approached to bow to him, he would stretch his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

2 Samuel 17:25

Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. (Now Amasa was son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had gone to Abigal daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.)

2 Samuel 18:29

Then the king asked, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “I saw a great tumult when the king’s servant Joab sent me, your servant, but I did not know what it was about.”

2 Samuel 3:27

Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.

1 Kings 2:32

Thus Adonai will return his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he—Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah—and killed them with the sword, without my father David’s knowledge.

Psalm 55:21

My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.

Proverbs 26:23

Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

Proverbs 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but excessive the kisses of an enemy.

Jeremiah 41:2

Ishmael son of Nethaniah rose up with the ten men that were with him and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan with the sword—putting to death the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

Micah 7:2

The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.

Judges 3:15

But when Bnei-Yisrael cried out to Adonai, Adonai raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud son of Gera the Benjamite—a left-handed man. Now Bnei-Yisrael sent tribute with him to King Eglon of Moab.