2 Samuel 14:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ Joab your servant has done this to address the issue indirectly,  but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, knowing everything on earth.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ to fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ In order to change the course of matters [between Absalom and his father] your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God–to know all things that are on the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Your servant Joab did this to change the way things look. But my master’s wisdom is like the wisdom of one of God’s own messengers—he knows everything that takes place in the land.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Thus did I turn to this figure of speech, because your servant Joab instructed it. But you, my lord the king, are wise, just as an Angel of God has wisdom, so that you understand all that is upon the earth."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab, commanded this: but thou, my lord, O king, art wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to understand all things upon earth.

2 Samuel 14:20 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:5

‘In fact, God knows that when  you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’

2 Samuel 14:17

Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God.  May the Lord your God be with you.’

2 Samuel 18:13

If I had jeopardised my own  life #– #and nothing is hidden from the king #– #you would have abandoned me.’

2 Samuel 19:27

Ziba slandered your servant to my lord the king.  But my lord the king is like the angel of God,  so do whatever you think best.

2 Samuel 19:28

For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table.  So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king? ’

2 Samuel 5:23

So David enquired of the Lord, and he answered, ‘Do not attack directly, but circle around behind them and come at them opposite the balsam trees.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 29:5

A person who flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish answered David, ‘I’m convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God.  But the Philistine commanders have said, “He must not go into battle with us.”