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


In Context

17 And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am he. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.

18 And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

19 I am peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

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

21 The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

2 Samuel 20:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:20"Far be it from me!" Joab replied, "Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20And Joab answereth and saith, 'Far be it — far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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