Catholic Public Domain Version
"And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth. "
— 2 Samuel 14:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.”
“and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. ”
“Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.”
“Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.”
“And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.”
“And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.”
“And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.”
Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,
so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: “Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.
And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.
And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.”
And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.
And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.