2 Samuel 20:20 - Easy To Read Version

²⁰ Joab answered, “Hey, I don’t want to destroy anything! I don’t want to ruin your town.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Joab answered, “I would never, ever annihilate or destroy such a thing!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ 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

²⁰ And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should I do not throw down, nor destroy.

2 Samuel 20:20 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 20:10

Amasa didn’t pay any attention to the sword that was in Joab’s {left} hand. But then Joab stabbed Amasa in the belly with his sword. Amasa’s inside parts spilled out on the ground. Joab didn’t have to stab Amasa again—he was already dead.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am one of many peaceful, loyal people in this town. You are trying to destroy an important city of Israel. Why do you want to destroy something that belongs to the Lord?”

2 Samuel 20:21

But there is a man in your city from the hill country of Ephraim. He is named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled against King David. Bring him to me, and I will leave the city alone.”

2 Samuel 23:17

David said, “Lord, I can’t drink this water. It would be like drinking the blood of the men who risked their lives for me.” This is why David refused to drink the water. The Three Heroes did many brave things like that.

Job 21:16

“It is true, evil people don’t make\par their own success.\par I can’t follow their advice.\par

Job 22:18

And it was God who filled their houses\par with good things!\par No, I can’t follow the advice of evil people.\par

Proverbs 28:13

A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Jeremiah 17:9

“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who are these other people I must love?”