2 Samuel 3:33
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New International Version (© 2011)
The king sang this lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?

2 Samuel 3:33 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

The king lamented over Abner - This lamentation, though short, is very pathetic. It is a high strain of poetry; but the measure cannot be easily ascertained. Our own translation may be measured thus: -

Died Abner as a fool dieth?

Thy hands were not bound,

Nor thy feet put into fetters.

As a man falleth before the wicked.

So hast thou fallen!

Or thus: -

Shall Abner die a death like to a villain's?

Thy hands not bound,

Nor were the fetters to thy feet applied.

Like as one falls before the sons of guilt,

So hast thou fallen!

He was not taken away by the hand of justice, nor in battle, nor by accident: he died the death of a culprit by falling into the hands of a villain.

This song was a heavy reproof to Joab; and must have galled him extremely, being sung by all the people.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

as a fool dieth That is, as a bad man, as the word frequently signifies in Scripture

2 Samuel 13:12,13,28,29 And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not you this folly...

Proverbs 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Ecclesiastes 2:15,16 Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart...

Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right...

Luke 12:19,20 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry...

2 Samuel 3:33 Parallel Commentaries
Abner Chanted Churl Death Die Died Dies Dieth Fool Foolish Grief Lamented Lamenteth Sang Song
Abner Chanted Churl Death Die Died Dies Dieth Fool Foolish Grief Lamented Lamenteth Sang Song
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2 Samuel 1:17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,
2 Samuel 3:34 Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked." And all the people wept over him again.
2 Chronicles 35:25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.
Ezekiel 32:16 "This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign LORD."