2 Samuel 3:33

In 11 translations

BSB

And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?

KJV

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

WEB

The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?

ASV

And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

LSV

and the king laments for Abner and says, “Does Abner die as the death of a fool?

YLT

and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: — 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?

DBY

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

DRC

And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.

GNV

And the King lamented ouer Abner, and sayde, Dyed Abner as a foole dyeth?

JPS

And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth?

LXXE

And the king mourned over Abenner, and said, Shall Abenner die according to the death of Nabal?

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WLC

וַיְקֹנֵ֥ן הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְנֵ֖ר וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַכְּמ֥וֹת נָבָ֖ל יָמ֥וּת אַבְנֵֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐθρήνησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ Ἀβεννὴρ, καὶ εἶπεν, εἰ κατὰ τὸν θάνατον Νάβαλ ἀποθανεῖται Ἀβεννήρ;

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• 2 Samuel 13:12–13“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing! Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel!…
• 2 Samuel 1:17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
• 2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
• Luke 12:19–20Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who…
• Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Ecclesiastes 2:15–16So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile. For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the…
• Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
• 2 Samuel 13:28–29Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and…

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