16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, |Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'|


In Context

13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

14 He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

15 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

16 Then a wise woman cried out of the city, |Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'|

17 He came near to her; and the woman said, |Are you Joab?| He answered, |I am.| Then she said to him, |Hear the words of your handmaid.| He answered, |I do hear.|

18 Then she spoke, saying, |They were used to say in old times, 'They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;' and so they settled it.

2 Samuel 20:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, to Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16And a wise woman calleth out of the city, 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, to Joab, Come near here, that I may speak with you.