Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 14:19

19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this ? And the woman answered, and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand, or to the left, from ought that my lord the king hath spoken : for thy servant Joab he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid :

Hast thou not said and done this by Ioab's direction and contrivance?

As the King is so wise that no man can deceive him by any turnings or windings to the right or left hand, but he quickly searcheth out the truth in every thing; so (it is a folly to dissemble, or go about to conceal it) it is even so, thou hast now discovered the truth of this business.

To wit, for the scope and substance of them, but not as to all the expressions which she used, for these were to be varied as the Kings answer gave occasion, which also she did with singular prudence.