2 Samuel 20:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

a wise woman called out from the city, ‘Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here and let me speak with him.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then a wise woman of the city cried, Hear, hear! Say to Joab, Come here so I can speak to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

Common English Bible

Then a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come over here, so I can talk to him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And a wise woman exclaimed from the city: "Listen, listen, and say to Joab: Draw near, and I will speak with you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee.

2 Samuel 20:16 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent someone to Tekoa  to bring a wise  woman from there. He told her, ‘Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil.  Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

2 Samuel 20:17

When he had come near her, the woman asked, ‘Are you Joab? ’ ‘I am,’ he replied. ‘Listen to the words of your servant,’ she said to him. He answered, ‘I’m listening.’

2 Samuel 20:22

The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel,  and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Daniel 2:14

Then Daniel responded with tact and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard,  , who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.

1 Samuel 25:3

The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite,  was harsh and evil in his dealings.