American King James Version
"Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. "
— 1 Kings 2:6, American 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 Sheol in peace. ”
“Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.”
“Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.”
“Do, therefore, according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace.”
“So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.”
“Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.”
And keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself:
That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.
And, behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you are a wise man, and know what you ought to do to him; but his hoar head bring you down to the grave with blood.