• 2 Samuel 14:2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 2 So Joʹab sent to Te·koʹa+ and summoned from there a clever woman and told her: “Act like you are in mourning, please, and put on garments of mourning, and do not rub yourself with oil.+ Behave like a woman who has been mourning over someone dead for a long time.

  • 2 Samuel 14:2
    American Standard Version

    • 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

  • 2 Samuel 14:2
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 2 So Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from thence a wise woman,—and said unto her—I pray thee, feign thyself a mourner, and put on, I pray thee, mourning apparel and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead;

  • 2 Samuel 14:2
    King James Version

    • 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: