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  • 2 Samuel 18:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 20 But Joʹab said to him: “You will not be a bearer of news this day. You may break the news on another day, but today you will not break the news, because the king’s own son has died.”+

  • 2 Samuel 18:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 20 But Joʹab said to him: “You will not be a bearer of news this day. You may break the news on another day, but today you will not break the news, because the king’s own son has died.”+

  • 2 Samuel 18:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 20 But Joʹab said to him: “You are not a man of news this day, and you must break the news on another day; but this day you must not break the news, for the very reason that* the king’s own son has died.”+

  • 2 Samuel 18:20
    The Bible in Living English
    • 20 But Joab said to him “You are no man for news today; you shall carry news another day, but not today, seeing that the king’s son is dead”;

  • 2 Samuel 18:20
    American Standard Version
    • 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

  • 2 Samuel 18:20
    King James Version
    • 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

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