1 Kings 2:6 “So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down…”

1 Kings 2:6

So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

World English Bible

Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

American Standard Version

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

Geneva Bible 1599

Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.

Bible in Basic English

So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.

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Cross references

“according”

1 Kings 2:9 Proverbs 20:26

1 Kings 2:9 · BSB

Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

Proverbs 20:26 · BSB

A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

“let”

Proverbs 28:17 Ecclesiastes 8:11 1 Kings 2:28–34 Numbers 35:33 Isaiah 65:20 Genesis 9:6

Proverbs 28:17 · BSB

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 · BSB

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

1 Kings 2:28–34 · BSB

When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

Numbers 35:33 · BSB

Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Isaiah 65:20 · BSB

No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

Genesis 9:6 · BSB

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

“in”

Psalm 37:37 Isaiah 48:22 Isaiah 57:21 Genesis 42:38 2 Kings 22:20 Isaiah 57:2

Psalm 37:37 · BSB

Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

Isaiah 48:22 · BSB

“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 57:21 · BSB

“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Genesis 42:38 · BSB

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

2 Kings 22:20 · BSB

‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king…

Isaiah 57:2 · BSB

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

7But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

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