2 Samuel 16:6
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New International Version (©2011)
He pelted David and all the king's officials with stones, though all the troops and the special guard were on David's right and left.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He threw stones at the king and the king's officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He threw stones at David and at all the royal servants, the people and the warriors on David's right and left.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He threw rocks at David and all of David's staff who were accompanying him, while all the rest of the entourage, including all of David's security detail, were close by him.

NET Bible (©2006)
He threw stones at David and all of King David's servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He threw stones at David and David's servants, although all the people and all the warriors were shielding David.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

American King James Version
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

American Standard Version
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he threw stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people, and all the warriors walked on the right, and on the left side of the king.

Darby Bible Translation
and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

English Revised Version
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

World English Bible
He cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

Young's Literal Translation
and he stoneth David with stones, and all the servants of king David, and all the people, and all the mighty men on his right and on his left.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:5-14 David bore Shimei's curses much better than Ziba's flatteries; by these he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by those to pass a right judgment on himself: the world's smiles are more dangerous than its frowns. Once and again David spared Saul's life, while Saul sought his. But innocence is no defence against malice and falsehood; nor are we to think it strange, if we are charged with that which we have been most careful to keep ourselves from. It is well for us, that men are not to be our judges, but He whose judgment is according to truth. See how patient David was under this abuse. Let this remind us of Christ, who prayed for those who reviled and crucified him. A humble spirit will turn reproaches into reproofs, and get good from them, instead of being provoked by them. David the hand of God in it, and comforts himself that God would bring good out of his affliction. We may depend upon God to repay, not only our services, but our sufferings.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David,.... Not that he was within the reach of them, or could hurt them, by casting them at them; but this he did to show his contempt of them, and to intimate that they deserved to be stoned, and especially David, at whose adultery he might point by it:

and all the people, and all the mighty men were on his right hand,

and on his left; that is, of David; which is observed, not so much to indicate the safety of David's person, as the impudence and madness of Shimei, to cast stones at David when so guarded.

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Shimei Curses David
5And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: …

2 Samuel 16:5 As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the same clan as Saul's family came out from there. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and he cursed as he came out.
2 Samuel 16:7 As he cursed, Shimei said, "Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel!
2 Samuel 19:19 and said to him, "May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.