Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They answered the king, “As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us so that we have been decimated and have no place anywhere in Israel, New Living Translation Then they replied, “It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel. English Standard Version They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, Berean Standard Bible And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel, King James Bible And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, New King James Version Then they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the territories of Israel, New American Standard Bible So they said to the king, “The man who destroyed us and who planned to eliminate us so that we would not exist within any border of Israel— NASB 1995 So they said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel, NASB 1977 So they said to the king, “The man who consumed us, and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel, Legacy Standard Bible So they said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who planned to eradicate us from standing within any border of Israel, Amplified Bible So they said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to exterminate us from remaining in any territory of Israel, Christian Standard Bible They replied to the king, “As for the man who annihilated us and plotted to destroy us so we would not exist within the whole territory of Israel, Holman Christian Standard Bible They replied to the king, “As for the man who annihilated us and plotted to destroy us so we would not exist within the whole territory of Israel, American Standard Version And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, Contemporary English Version They replied, "Saul tried to kill all our people so that none of us would be left in the land of Israel. English Revised Version And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, GOD'S WORD® Translation They answered the king, "Give us seven of the male descendants of the man who wanted to finish us off. He planned to wipe us out to keep us from staying anywhere in Israel's territory. Good News Translation They answered, "Saul wanted to destroy us and leave none of us alive anywhere in Israel. International Standard Version They told the king, "The man who consumed us, who planned our destruction—intending to leave us with nothing in the territory of Israel— Majority Standard Bible And they answered the king, ?As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel, NET Bible They replied to the king, "As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel-- New Heart English Bible So they said to the king, "The man who opposed us and persecuted us, who meant to eradicate us from having a place anywhere in the territory of Israel, Webster's Bible Translation And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining within the borders of Israel, World English Bible They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they say to the king, “The man who consumed us, and who devised against us—we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel— Young's Literal Translation And they say unto the king, 'The man who consumed us, and who devised against us -- we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel -- Smith's Literal Translation And they will say to the king, The man who finished us, and who made an end of us, destroying us from standing in all the bound of Israel, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they said to the king: The man that crushed us and oppressed us unjustly, we must destroy in such manner that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to the king: “The man who unjustly afflicted and oppressed us, we ought to destroy in such manner that not even one of his stock may be left behind in all the parts of Israel. New American Bible They said to the king, “As for the man who was exterminating us and who intended to destroy us that we might have no place in all the territory of Israel, New Revised Standard Version They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel— Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they said to the king, The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us so that we should not remain in all the territory of Israel, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated They said to the King: “The man who destroyed us and planned to destroy us that we would not continue in all the borders of Israel OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they said unto the king: 'The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, so that we have been destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, Brenton Septuagint Translation And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David Avenges the Gibeonites…4The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied. 5And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel, 6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.… Cross References Joshua 9:15-20 And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. / Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them. / So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. ... 1 Samuel 15:2-3 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt. / Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” 1 Samuel 22:18-19 So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. / He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep. 2 Samuel 3:29 May it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.” 2 Samuel 4:11 How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!” 2 Samuel 16:8 The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!” 1 Kings 2:31-33 And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed. / The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army. / Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.” 1 Kings 21:19 Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” 2 Kings 9:26 ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.” Ezekiel 35:5-6 Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment, / therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. Hosea 1:4 Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. Matthew 23:35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Luke 11:50-51 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation. Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” Treasury of Scripture And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, The man 2 Samuel 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. Esther 9:24,25 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; … Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. devised. Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Jump to Previous Anywhere Border Borders Coasts Completely Consumed Cut Designs Destroy Destroyed Devised Exterminate Israel Ourselves Planned Plotted Remaining Territory Wasted WithinJump to Next Anywhere Border Borders Coasts Completely Consumed Cut Designs Destroy Destroyed Devised Exterminate Israel Ourselves Planned Plotted Remaining Territory Wasted Within2 Samuel 21 1. The three year Gibeonite famine ceases, by hanging seven of Saul's sons.10. Rizpah's kindness unto the dead 12. David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's tomb 15. Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four men of David slay four giants. They answered the king This phrase sets the stage for a dialogue between the Gibeonites and King David. The Gibeonites were a group of people who had made a covenant with Israel during the time of Joshua (Joshua 9). The Hebrew root for "answered" (עָנָה, 'anah) implies a response to a question or situation, often with a sense of giving testimony or bearing witness. This highlights the gravity of the situation, as the Gibeonites are not merely speaking but testifying to a grievance that has historical and covenantal implications. As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And they answeredוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say the king, הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king “As for the man הָאִישׁ֙ (hā·’îš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that consumed us כִּלָּ֔נוּ (kil·lā·nū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent and וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that plotted דִּמָּה־ (dim·māh-) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider against us לָ֑נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew to exterminate us נִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּ (niš·maḏ·nū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed from existing מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (mê·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ) Preposition-m | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand within any בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every border גְּבֻ֥ל (gə·ḇul) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links 2 Samuel 21:5 NIV2 Samuel 21:5 NLT 2 Samuel 21:5 ESV 2 Samuel 21:5 NASB 2 Samuel 21:5 KJV 2 Samuel 21:5 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 21:5 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 21:5 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 21:5 French Bible 2 Samuel 21:5 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 21:5 They said to the king The man (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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