So Joab sent {messengers} to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, “Please pretend to be very sad. Put on clothes of sadness. Don’t dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone that died.
2 Samuel 20:16 - Easy To Read Version But there was a very wise woman in that city. She shouted out from the city. She said, “Listen to me! Tell Joab to come here. I want to talk with him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
So Joab sent {messengers} to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, “Please pretend to be very sad. Put on clothes of sadness. Don’t dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone that died.
Joab went to talk with the woman. The woman asked him, “Are you Joab?”
Then the woman spoke very wisely to all the people of the city. The people cut off the head of Sheba son of Bicri. Then the people threw Sheba’s head over the city wall to Joab.
Arioch was the commander of the king’s guards. He was going to kill the wise men of Babylon. But Daniel talked to him. Daniel spoke to Arioch in a wise and polite way.
This man’s name was Nabal. [197] He was from Caleb’s family. Nabal’s wife was named Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman. But Nabal was a mean and cruel man.