2 Samuel 14:3
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New International Version (©2011)
Then go to the king and speak these words to him." And Joab put the words in her mouth.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you." Then Joab told her what to say.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Go to the king and speak thus to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Go to the king and speak these words to him." Then Joab told her exactly what to say.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then go to the king and speak to him like this." Then Joab told her what to say.

NET Bible (©2006)
Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion." Then Joab told her what to say.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Go to the king, and tell him this...." Then Joab told her exactly what to say.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And come to the king, and speak in this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

American King James Version
And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

American Standard Version
and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

Darby Bible Translation
and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.

English Revised Version
and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

World English Bible
Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And come to the king,.... At his palace, in the above condition and circumstances:

and speak on this manner unto him; something to the following purpose he dictated to her:

so Joab put the words in her mouth; the substance of what she should say; the fable she was to deliver as her own case might be framed by Joab, and which she delivered word for word exactly as he put it, and the application of it; but as he knew not what questions the king would ask her, so he could not dictate to her what to reply, unless he supposed this and the other, and so formed answers; but this he left to her prudence, and for the sake of which he chose a wise woman to manage this affair.

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Absalom's Return to Jerusalem
1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. 2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, feign yourself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 3And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. …

2 Samuel 14:19 The king asked, "Isn't the hand of Joab with you in 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 my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.
2 Samuel 14:4 When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, "Help me, Your Majesty!"