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2 Samuel 14:17

WEB

17Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May the LORD, your God, be with you.’”

KJV

17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

BSB

17And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel [+] of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

FBV

17I thought: May what Your Majesty says bring me peace, for Your Majesty is able to tell the difference between good and evil, just like an angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you!”

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Extra References

2 Samuel 19:27

27He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.


1 Samuel 29:9

9Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’


2 Samuel 14:20

20Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”


1 Kings 3:9

9Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”


1 Kings 3:28

28All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.


Proverbs 29:5

5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.


1 Corinthians 2:14-15

14Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he cant know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one.


Hebrews 5:14

14But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.


Proverbs 27:21

21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.


Job 6:30

30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?