King James Version
2 Samuel 14:21 in the King James Version says “And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.”
2 Samuel 14:21 · KJV
And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
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.
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
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. thanked: Heb. blessed his servant: or, thy servant
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
KJV Study — Public Domain
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“Behold now I have done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the young man”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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