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2 Samuel 19:5

Joab

3 So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

6 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!

7 Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”

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BSB
Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
KJV
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
WEB
Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
ASV
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
DARBY
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast put to shame this day the faces of all thy servants who have this day saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines;
BLB
And Joab came to the king to the house, and said, “You have disgraced today the faces of all your servants who have saved your life today, and the lives of your sons and daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,
ÅB
Da gikk Joab inn i huset til kongen og sa: Idag vanærer du alle dine menn, som idag har berget både ditt liv og dine sønners og døtres og dine hustruers og medhustruers liv;
OTB
Da kom Joab inn i huset til kongen og sa: "I dag har du gjort skam på alle dine tjenere, som i dag har reddet ditt liv og livet til dine sønner og døtre, livet til dine koner og livet til dine medhustruer,
B1930
Da gikk Joab inn i huset til kongen og sa: Idag vanærer du alle dine menn, som idag har berget både ditt liv og dine sønners og døtres og dine hustruers og medhustruers liv;

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  • Psalms 3:8

    Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

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  • Nehemiah 9:27

    So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

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  • Psalms 18:47–48

    the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,

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