2 Samuel 14:20 - New International Version (Anglicised)

²⁰ Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God – he knows everything that happens in the land.’

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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."

2 Samuel 14:20 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:5

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

2 Samuel 14:17

‘And now your servant says, “May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.” ’

2 Samuel 18:13

And if I had put my life in jeopardy – and nothing is hidden from the king – you would have kept your distance from me.’

2 Samuel 19:27

And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel of God; so do whatever you wish.

2 Samuel 19:28

All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?’

2 Samuel 5:23

so David enquired of the Lord, and he answered, ‘Do not go straight up, but circle round behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:5

Those who flatter their neighbours are spreading nets for their feet.

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish answered, ‘I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel of God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders have said, “He must not go up with us into battle.”