3Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.| So Joab put the words in her mouth.


In Context

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, |Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

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

4 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, |Help, O king!|

5 The king said to her, |What ails you?| She answered, |Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 14:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:3Then go to the king and speak these words to him." And Joab put the words in her mouth.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:3And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:3and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:3and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.