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


In Context

17 He went toward her, and she asked, "Are you Joab?" "I am," he answered. She said, "Listen to what your servant has to say." "I'm listening," he said.

18 She continued, "Long ago they used to say, 'Get your answer at Abel,' and that settled it.

19 We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the Lord 's inheritance?"

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

21 That is not the case. A man named Sheba son of Bicri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Hand over this one man, and I'll withdraw from the city." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you from the wall."

22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bicri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

2nd Samuel 20:20 in Other Translations

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 Darby 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 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.