2 Samuel 20:18 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then she said, People used to say, Let them but ask counsel at Abel, and so they settled the matter.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ She said, “People used to say long ago: ‘Ask your question at Abel,’ and that settled the matter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And again she spoke: "A word was said in the old proverb, 'Those who would inquire, let them inquire in Abel.' And so they would reach a conclusion.

2 Samuel 20:18 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

2 Samuel 20:17

And when he was come near to her, she said to him: Art thou Joab? And he answered: I am, And she spoke thus to him: Hear the words of thy handmaid. He answered: I do hear.

2 Samuel 20:19

Am not I she that answer truth in Israel? And thou seekest to destroy the city, and to overthrow a mother in Israel? Why wilt thou throw down the inheritance of the Lord?