31Then Joab did go to Absalom's house and he said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"


In Context

28 Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king's face.

29 Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come.

30 Then he said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

31 Then Joab did go to Absalom's house and he said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

32 Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I sent word to you and said, 'Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there!" ' Now then, I want to see the king's face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death."

33 So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.

2nd Samuel 14:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said: Why have thy servants set my corn on fire?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom, to his house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, |Why have your servants set my field on fire?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31And Joab riseth and cometh unto Absalom in the house, and saith unto him, 'Why have thy servants burned the portion that I have with fire?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?