2 Samuel 20:20

NETBible	Joab answered, “Get serious!¹ I don’t want to swallow up or destroy anything!
NIV © biblegateway 2Sa 20:20	"Far be it from me!" Joab replied, "Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 20:20	Joab replied, "Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!
NLT © biblegateway 2Sa 20:20	And Joab replied, "Believe me, I don’t want to destroy your city!
MSG © biblegateway 2Sa 20:20	Joab protested, "Believe me, you've got me all wrong. I'm not here to hurt anyone or destroy anything--not on your life!
BBE © SABDAweb 2Sa 20:20	And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Sa 20:20	Joab answered, "Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!
NKJV © biblegateway 2Sa 20:20	And Joab answered and said, "Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy!
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KJV	And Joab <03097> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, Far be it <02486>_, far be it <02486> from me, that I should swallow up <01104> (8762) or destroy <07843> (8686)_.
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 20:20	Joab <03097> replied <06030> , "Far <02486> be it, far <02486> be it from me that I should swallow <01104> up or destroy <07843> !
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ apekriyh {V-API-3S} iwab {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} ilewv <2436> A-NSM moi <1473> P-DS ilewv <2436> A-NSM moi <1473> P-DS ei <1487> CONJ katapontiw <2670> V-FAI-1S kai <2532> CONJ ei <1487> CONJ diafyerw <1311> V-FAI-1S
NET [draft] ITL	Joab <03097> answered <06030> , “Get serious <02486> <02486> ! I don’t <0518> want to swallow up <01104> or <0518> destroy <07843> anything!
HEBREW	tyxsa <07843> Maw <0518> elba <01104> Ma <0518> yl <0> hlylx <02486> hlylx <02486> rmayw <0559> bawy <03097> Neyw (20:20) <06030>


NETBible	Joab answered, “Get serious!¹ I don’t want to swallow up or destroy anything!
NET Notes	¹tn Heb “Far be it, far be it from me.” The expression is clearly emphatic, as may be seen in part by the repetition. P. K. McCarter, however, understands it to be coarser than the translation adopted here. He renders it as “I’ll be damned if…” (II Samuel [AB], 426, 429), which (while it is not a literal translation) may not be too far removed from the way a soldier might have expressed himself.