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2 Samuel 14:22

Joab

20 Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”

21 Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

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

24 But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.

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BSB
Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
KJV
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
WEB
Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”
ASV
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favor in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of his servant.
DARBY
And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.
BLB
And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed low, and blessed the king, and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.”
ÅB
Da kastet Joab seg ned med ansiktet mot jorden og velsignet kongen, og han sa: Idag skjønner din tjener at jeg har funnet nåde for dine øyne, herre konge, siden kongen vil gjøre etter sin tjeners ord.
OTB
Joab falt på sitt ansikt til jorden, bøyde seg og velsignet kongen. Da sa Joab, “I dag vet din tjener at jeg har funnet nåde i dine øyne, min herre kongen, fordi kongen har gjort sin tjenerinnes bønn.”
B1930
Da kastet Joab sig ned med ansiktet mot jorden og velsignet kongen, og han sa: Idag skjønner din tjener at jeg har funnet nåde for dine øine, herre konge, siden kongen vil gjøre efter sin tjeners ord.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 33:16–17

    For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

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  • Ruth 2:2

    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.

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  • Job 31:20

    if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

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  • Genesis 6:8

    Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

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  • Job 29:11

    For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

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  • Nehemiah 11:2

    And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:39

    So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:3

    But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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