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Wycliffe Bible
1 Kings 2:6
Therfor thou schalt do by thi wisdom, and thou schalt not lede forth his hoornesse pesibli to hellis.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.
Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.
Hebrew Names Version
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to She'ol in shalom.
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to She'ol in shalom.
King James Version
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
English Standard Version
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
New Century Version
Punish him in the way you think is wisest, but do not let him die peacefully of old age.
Punish him in the way you think is wisest, but do not let him die peacefully of old age.
New English Translation
Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don't let him live long and die a peaceful death.
Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don't let him live long and die a peaceful death.
Amplified Bible
"So act in accordance with your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace.
"So act in accordance with your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace.
New American Standard Bible
"So act as your wisdom dictates, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
"So act as your wisdom dictates, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.
Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.
Legacy Standard Bible
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
Contemporary English Version
in the way you think best. Whatever you do, don't let him die peacefully in his old age.
in the way you think best. Whatever you do, don't let him die peacefully in his old age.
Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore, act according to your wisdom; don't let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
Therefore, act according to your wisdom; don't let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Easy-to-Read Version
Use your wisdom, but don't let him die peacefully of old age.
Use your wisdom, but don't let him die peacefully of old age.
George Lamsa Translation
Do to him therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace.
Do to him therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace.
Good News Translation
You know what to do; you must not let him die a natural death.
You know what to do; you must not let him die a natural death.
Lexham English Bible
You must act according to your wisdom, but you must not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
You must act according to your wisdom, but you must not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
Literal Translation
and you shall do according to your wisdom, and shall not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
and you shall do according to your wisdom, and shall not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Do thou acordynge to thy wy?dome, that thou brynge not his graye heer downe to the graue in peace.
Do thou acordynge to thy wy?dome, that thou brynge not his graye heer downe to the graue in peace.
American Standard Version
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Bible in Basic English
So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Deale with him therefore according to thy wisdome, and bring not his hoore head downe to the graue in peace.
Deale with him therefore according to thy wisdome, and bring not his hoore head downe to the graue in peace.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
King James Version (1611)
Doe therefore according to thy wisedome, and let not his hoare head goe downe to the graue in peace.
Doe therefore according to thy wisedome, and let not his hoare head goe downe to the graue in peace.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore thou shalt deal with him according to thy wisdom, and thou shalt not bring down his grey hairs in peace to the grave.
Therefore thou shalt deal with him according to thy wisdom, and thou shalt not bring down his grey hairs in peace to the grave.
English Revised Version
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Berean Standard Bible
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
Update Bible Version
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Webster's Bible Translation
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace.
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace.
World English Bible
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
New King James Version
Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
New Living Translation
Do with him what you think best, but don't let him grow old and go to his grave in peace.
Do with him what you think best, but don't let him grow old and go to his grave in peace.
New Life Bible
So act with wisdom. Do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
So act with wisdom. Do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
New Revised Standard
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore, must do according to thy wisdom, - but will not let his grey hair go down in peace, to hades.
Thou, therefore, must do according to thy wisdom, - but will not let his grey hair go down in peace, to hades.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do, therefore, according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace.
Do, therefore, according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace.
Revised Standard Version
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
"So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
Contextual Overview
1 Forsothe the daies of Dauid neiyiden, that he schulde die; and he comaundide to Salomon, his sone, and seide, Lo! 2 Y entre in to the weie of al erthe; be thou coumfortid, and be thou a strong man. 3 And kepe thou the kepyngis and heestis of thi Lord God, that thou go in hise weies, and kepe hise cerymonyes, and hise heestis, and hise domes, and witnessyngis, as it is writun in the lawe of Moises; that thou vndurstonde alle thingis whiche thou doist, and whidur euer thou schalt turne thee. 4 That the Lord conferme hise wordis, whiche the Lord spak of me, and seide, If thi sones kepen my weies, and goen bifor me in treuthe, in al her herte, and in al her soule, a man schal not be takun awei of thee fro the trone of Israel. 5 Also thou knowist what thingis Joab, the sone of Saruye, dide to me; what thingis he dide to twey princis of the oost of Israel, to Abner, sone of Ner, and to Amasa, sone of Jether, whiche he killide, and schedde the blood of batel in pees; and puttide the blood of batel in his girdil, that was aboute hise leendis, and in his scho, that was in hise feet. 6 Therfor thou schalt do by thi wisdom, and thou schalt not lede forth his hoornesse pesibli to hellis. 7 But also thou schalt yelde grace to the sones of Bersellai of Galaad, and thei schulen be eetynge in thi boord; for thei metten me, whanne Y fledde fro the face of Absolon, thi brother. 8 Also thou hast anentis thee Semey, sone of Gera, sone of Gemyny, of Bahurym, which Semei curside me bi the worste cursyng, whanne Y yede to `the castels; but for he cam doun to me in to metyng, whanne Y passide Jordan, and Y swoor to him bi the Lord, and seide, Y schal not slee thee bi swerd, 9 nyle thou suffre hym to be vnpunyschid; forsothe thou art a wise man, and thou schalt wite what thou schalt do to hym, and thou schalt lede forth hise hoor heeris with blood to hellis. 10 Sotheli Dauid slepte with hise fadris, and was biriede in the citee of Dauid.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
according: 1 Kings 2:9, Proverbs 20:26
let: 1 Kings 2:28-34, Genesis 9:6, Numbers 35:33, Proverbs 28:17, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Isaiah 65:20
in: Genesis 42:38, 2 Kings 22:20, Psalms 37:37, Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 57:2, Isaiah 57:21
Reciprocal: Numbers 35:20 - if he thrust Deuteronomy 19:12 - General 2 Samuel 3:39 - the Lord 2 Samuel 14:19 - of Joab 2 Samuel 20:10 - he smote 1 Kings 3:12 - I have given Psalms 55:23 - bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days Matthew 5:21 - and
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Do therefore according to thy wisdom,.... Which though young began to appear in him, even in the life of his father; he therefore exhorts him to use the wisdom he had, and take the first and fittest opportunity to cut him off for his former murders and late treason, as a dangerous man to his government and the peace of it:
and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace; that is, let him not die a natural, but a violent death; and let not his grey hairs be any argument for sparing him, or any reason for delaying the taking of him off, because he would in course die quickly; for he must be now an old man, as old as David, or perhaps older; since he had been his general forty years, even all the time of his reign; see 2 Samuel 2:13.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
His hoar head - Joab, though the nephew of David, was probably not very greatly his junior, David being the youngest of the family, and Zeruiah, as is most likely, one of the eldest.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 2:6. Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. — It would have been an insult to justice not to have taken the life of Joab. David was culpable in delaying it so long; but probably the circumstances of his government would not admit of his doing it sooner. According to the law of God, Joab, having murdered Abner and Amasa, should die. And had not David commanded Solomon to perform this act of justice, he could not have died in the approbation of his Maker.
