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Joab Reproves David

2 Samuel 19:2

In 11 translations

BSB
And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
KJV
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance
WEB
The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”
ASV
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.
LSV
and the salvation on that day becomes mourning to all the people, for the people have heard on that day, saying, “The king has been grieved for his son.”
YLT
and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, 'The king hath been grieved for his son.'
DBY
And the victory that day was [turned] into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.
DRC
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.
GNV
Therefore the victorie of that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard say that day, The King soroweth for his sonne.
JPS19:3
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day: 'The king grieveth for his son.'
LXXE19:3
And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.

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Original-language editions

WLC19:3
וַתְּהִ֨י הַתְּשֻׁעָ֜ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא לְאֵ֖בֶל לְכָל־הָעָ֑ם כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֣ע הָעָ֗ם בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר נֶעֱצַ֥ב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־בְּנֽוֹ׃KJV:2Sam.19.2
LXX-Br19:3
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ σωτηρία ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ εἰς πένθος παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, ὅτι ἤκουσεν ὁ λαὸς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγων, ὅτι λυπεῖται ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ.

Who and where

◆ Reign of David

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Proverbs 16:15When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 19:3 in some Bibles
  • 19:2 in most Bibles

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