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David Mourns for Abner

2 Samuel 3:38

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
KJV
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
WEB
The king said to his servants, “Don’t you know that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?
ASV
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
LSV
And the king says to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great one has fallen this day in Israel?
YLT
And the king saith unto his servants, 'Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?
DBY
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
DRC
The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and great man is slain this day in Israel?
GNV
And the King said vnto his seruants, Know ye not, that there is a prince and a great man falle this day in Israel?
JPS
And the king said unto his servants: 'Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
LXXE
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that a great prince is this day fallen in Israel?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו הֲל֣וֹא תֵדְע֔וּ כִּי־שַׂ֣ר וְגָד֗וֹל נָפַ֛ל הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, οὐκ οἴδατε, ὅτι ἡγούμενος μέγας πέπτωκεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 32:9It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
  • 2 Samuel 2:8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
  • 1 Samuel 14:50–51His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner. Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
  • 2 Samuel 3:12Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

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