2 Samuel 20:20 - English Standard Version 2016 Joab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy! American Standard Version (1901) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Common English Bible Joab answered, “I would never, ever annihilate or destroy such a thing! Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should I do not throw down, nor destroy. |
But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So Joab struck him with it in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”
That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”
and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”