Verse 20

To change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  «Din tjener Joab har gjort dette for å få saken til å se slik ut. Men min herre er vis som Guds engel, i stand til å kjenne alt som skjer i landet.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For å omgå dette, har din tjener Joab gjort denne tingen; men min herre er klok, ifølge visdommen til en Guds engel, til å vite alt som er på jorden.

• Norsk King James

  For å skape denne talestilen har din tjener Joab gjort dette; og min herre er vis, i henhold til visdommen til en Guds engel, til å kjenne alle ting som er på jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Joab gjorde dette for å endre sakens karakter. Men min herre har visdom som en Guds engel til å forstå alt som skjer på jorden.»

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Joab gjorde dette for å gi saken en annen vending. Men min herre er vis som en Guds engel til å vite alt som skjer på jorden.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For å frembringe dette har din tjener Joab gjort dette: men min herre er klok, etter Guds engels visdom, til å vite alt som skjer på jorden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For å få frem denne talemåten gjorde din tjener Joab dette; og min herre, kongen, er vis, med visdom som en Guds engel, til å kjenne alt som finnes på jorden.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For å frembringe dette har din tjener Joab gjort dette: men min herre er klok, etter Guds engels visdom, til å vite alt som skjer på jorden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  «For å få snudd saken har din tjener Joab gjort dette. Min herre er vis, lik en Guds engel, til å vite alt som skjer på jorden.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Joab did this to shape the course of events, but my lord the king is as wise as an angel of God in knowing everything that happens in the land."

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2 Samuel.14.20", "source": "לְבַעֲב֤וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י הַדָּבָ֔ר עָשָׂ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַאדֹנִ֣י חָכָ֗ם כְּחָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "For-*baʿăbûr* *sabbēb* *ʾet*-face-of the-*dābār*, *ʿāśāh* *ʿabdəkā* *Yôʾāb* *ʾet*-the-*dābār* the-*zeh*; and-*ʾadōnî* *ḥākām* like-*ḥokmat* *malʾak* the-*ʾĕlōhîm* to-*dāʿat* *ʾet*-all-that in-the-*ʾāreṣ*.", "grammar": { "*baʿăbûr*": "preposition - for the sake of", "*sabbēb*": "Piel infinitive construct - to change/alter", "*dābār*": "masculine singular noun - matter/situation", "*ʿāśāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he did/made", "*ʿabdəkā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant", "*Yôʾāb*": "proper name - Joab", "*zeh*": "masculine singular demonstrative adjective - this", "*ʾadōnî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord", "*ḥākām*": "adjective, masculine singular - wise", "*ḥokmat*": "construct state of feminine singular noun - wisdom of", "*malʾak*": "masculine singular construct - messenger/angel of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun - God", "*dāʿat*": "Qal infinitive construct - to know", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - land/earth" }, "variants": { "*sabbēb*": "to change/alter/turn", "*dābār*": "matter/situation/affair", "*ḥākām*": "wise/skilled/experienced", "*malʾak*": "messenger/angel/envoy", "*dāʿat*": "to know/understand/perceive" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For å sette saken i et bestemt lys har din tjener Joab gjort dette. Men min herre er vis, som en Guds engel, og vet alt som skjer på jorden.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  At jeg skulde saa vende (denne) Sags Beskaffenhed, den Gjerning har din Tjener Joab gjort; men min Herre er viis efter en Guds Engels Viisdom, at vide alle Ting, som ere paa Jorden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For å snu sakens form er dette gjort av din tjener Joab. Min herre er klok, med den visdom som en Guds engel har, til å kjenne alt som er på jorden."

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  for å endre sakens utseende har din tjener Joab gjort dette; og min herre er vis, som visdommen til en Guds engel, til å vite alt som er i landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For å endre utseendet på saken har din tjener Joab gjort dette, men min herre er vis, som en Guds budbringer til å vite alt som skjer i landet.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For å endre utseendet på saken har din tjener Joab gjort dette. Min herre er vis, som en Guds engel, til å kjenne alt som skjer på jorden.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette gjorde han for å få en forandring i denne saken. Min herre er klok som Guds engel og vet alt som skjer på jorden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that I shulde turne this matter of this fasshio, this hath Ioab thy seruaunt done. But my lorde is wyse, as the wysdome of an angell of God, so that he knoweth all thynges vpon earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For to the intent that I should chage the forme of speech, thy seruant Ioab hath done this thing: but my lord is wise according to the wisdome of an Angel of God to vnderstande all things that are in the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For to the intent that I shoulde chaunge the fourme of speach, hath thy seruaunt Ioab done this thing: And my lorde is wyse, according to the wisdome of an angel of God, to vnderstande all thinges that are in the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  in order to bring round the appearance of the thing hath thy servant Joab done this thing, and my lord `is' wise, according to the wisdom of a messenger of God, to know all that `is' in the land.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then your maidservant said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD your God will be with you.
• 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in your eyes.
• Job 32:21-22 : 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, nor let me give flattering titles to man. 22 For I do not know how to give flattering titles; if I did, my maker would soon take me away.
• Job 38:16-41 : 16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all. 19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place, 20 That you may take it to its boundary, and that you may discern the paths to its home? 21 Do you know it, because you were born then? Or because the number of your days is great? 22 Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth? 25 Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder, 26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no one is, on the wilderness, where there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of tender grass to spring forth? 28 Does the rain have a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? 29 From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth? 30 The waters are hidden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen. 31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion? 32 Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs? 33 Do you know the statutes of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? 34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you? 35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are? 36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust hardens into clumps, and the clods cling together? 39 Will you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thickets? 41 Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?
• Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
• Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
• 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
• Gen 3:5 : 5 For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.
• 2 Sam 5:23 : 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up, but circle around behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.