2 Samuel 14:3 “Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the wo…”

2 Samuel 14:3

Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

World English Bible

Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

American Standard Version

and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

And come to the King, and speake on this maner vnto him, (for Ioab taught her what she should say).

Darby Translation

and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.

Bible in Basic English

And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

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Cross references

“put the words”

2 Samuel 14:19 Exodus 4:15 Numbers 23:5 Deuteronomy 18:18 Isaiah 51:16 Isaiah 59:21

2 Samuel 14:19 · BSB

So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your serv…

Exodus 4:15 · BSB

You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

Numbers 23:5 · BSB

Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

Deuteronomy 18:18 · BSB

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

Isaiah 51:16 · BSB

I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

Isaiah 59:21 · BSB

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchil…

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

In context

2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

4When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

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