21The king said to Joab, |Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.|


In Context

18 Then the king answered the woman, |Please don't hide anything from me that I ask you.| The woman said, |Let my lord the king now speak.|

19 The king said, |Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?| The woman answered, |As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

20 to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.|

21 The king said to Joab, |Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.|

22 Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king. Joab said, |Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.|

23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:21The king said to Joab, "Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: so go, bring back the young man Absalom.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king saith unto Joab, 'Lo, I pray thee, thou hast done this thing; and go, bring back the young man Absalom.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:21And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.