2 Samuel 14:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.”
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“Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Numbers 23:5Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
- Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- 2 Samuel 14:19So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
- Ezra 8:17And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
- Isaiah 51:16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
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