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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 14:20 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
2Sa 14:20 |
Strong Concordance |
To [05668] fetch about [05437] this form [06440] of speech [01697] hath thy servant [05650] Joab [03097] done [06213] this thing [01697]: and my lord [0113] is wise [02450], according to the wisdom [02451] of an angel [04397] of God [0430], to know [03045] all things that are in the earth [0776]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angel
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
To fetch - That is, to propose his, and the peoples desire of Absalom's restitution in this parabolical manner. In the earth - Or, in this land, in all thy kingdom; all the counsels and devices of thy subjects. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
According to the wisdom of an angel of God - This is quite in the style of Asiatic flattery. A European is often addressed, "Saheb can do every thing; we can do nothing; none can prevent the execution of Saheb's commands; Saheb is God." See Ward. |
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].