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Shimei Curses David

2 Samuel 16:7

In 11 translations

BSB
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
KJV
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:bloody…: Heb. man of blood
WEB
Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
ASV
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:
LSV
And thus said Shimei in his reviling: “Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
YLT
And thus said Shimei in his reviling, 'Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
DBY
And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!
DRC
And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial.
GNV
And thus sayde Shimei when hee cursed, Come forth, come foorth thou murtherer, and wicked man.
JPS
And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow;
LXXE
And thus Semei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, thou bloody man, and man of sin.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכֹֽה־אָמַ֥ר שִׁמְעִ֖י בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ צֵ֥א צֵ֛א אִ֥ישׁ הַדָּמִ֖ים וְאִ֥ישׁ הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὕτως ἔλεγε Σεμεῒ ἐν τῷ καταρᾶσθαι αὐτὸν, ἔξελθε ἔξελθε ἀνὴρ αἱμάτων καὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ παράνομος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
  • 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
  • Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
  • 1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
  • 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  • 1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
  • 2 Samuel 11:15–17In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.” So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the…
  • 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  • 2 Samuel 3:37So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
  • Deuteronomy 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),

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