THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 14:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab commanded this: but thou, my lord, O king, art wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to understand all things upon earth.
לְבַעֲב֤וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י הַדָּבָ֔ר עָשָׂ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַאדֹנִ֣י חָכָ֗ם כְּחָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 14:17Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of the Lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he is neither moved with blessing nor cursing: wherefore the Lord thy God is also with thee.
- 2 Sam 19:27Moreover he hath also accused me thy servant to thee, my lord the king: but thou my lord the king art as an angel of God, do what pleaseth thee.
- Prov 26:28A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
- Job 32:21I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man.
- Job 32:22For I know not how long I shall continue, and whether after a while my Maker may take me away.
- Prov 29:5A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet.
- 2 Sam 5:23And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? He answered: Go not up against them but fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them over against the pear trees.
- Job 38:16Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?