¹⁷ Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be ^[a]comforting, for as ^(A)the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’”

²⁰ In order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, ^(A)like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is on the earth.”

²⁷ Furthermore, ^(A)he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is ^(B)like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.