Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!” New Living Translation How much more should I reward evil men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Shouldn’t I hold you responsible for his blood and rid the earth of you?” English Standard Version How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?” Berean Standard Bible 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!” King James Bible How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? New King James Version How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?” New American Standard Bible How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and eliminate you both from the earth?” NASB 1995 “How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand and destroy you from the earth?” NASB 1977 “How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand, and destroy you from the earth?” Legacy Standard Bible How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand and purge you from the earth?” Amplified Bible How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous and just man in his own house on his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?” Christian Standard Bible How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his own bed! So now, should I not require his blood from you and purge you from the earth? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his own bed! So now, should I not require his blood from your hands and wipe you off the earth?” American Standard Version How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And also wicked men killed a man in his house on his bed. Behold, I shall avenge his blood from your hands and I shall destroy you from the Earth!” Brenton Septuagint Translation And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth. Contemporary English Version You evil men have done something much worse than he did. You've killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed. I'll make you pay for that. I'll wipe you from the face of the earth! Douay-Rheims Bible How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth? English Revised Version How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? GOD'S WORD® Translation How much more [should I reward] wicked men who kill an innocent man on his own bed in his home? The LORD has rescued me from every trouble. I solemnly swear, as the LORD lives, I'll now seek revenge for his murder and rid the land of you." Good News Translation How much worse it will be for evil men who murder an innocent man asleep in his own house! I will now take revenge on you for murdering him and will wipe you off the face of the earth!" International Standard Version How much worse will it be, then, when evil men kill an innocent man on his own bed in his own house! Shouldn't I avenge his blood—which you are responsible for shedding —by removing you from the earth?" JPS Tanakh 1917 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?' Literal Standard Version Also—when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do I not require his blood from your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?” Majority Standard Bible 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!” New American Bible How much more now, when wicked men have slain an innocent man in bed at home, must I require his blood from you and purge you from the land!” NET Bible Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?" New Revised Standard Version How much more then, when wicked men have killed a righteous man on his bed in his own house! And now shall I not require his blood at your hand, and destroy you from the earth?” New Heart English Bible How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?" Webster's Bible Translation How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? World English Bible How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?” Young's Literal Translation Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David Kills the Murderers…10when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news! 11How 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!” 12So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.… Cross References Genesis 9:5 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: 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!" Psalm 9:12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. Treasury of Scripture How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? when wicked 1 Kings 2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. Proverbs 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. Habakkuk 1:4,12 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth… require 2 Samuel 3:27,39 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother… Genesis 9:5,6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man… Exodus 21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. from Genesis 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; Genesis 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Genesis 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Jump to Previous Bed Blood Cut Death Demand Destroy Earth Evil Hand House Innocent Killed Payment Require Rid Righteous Slain Sleeping Upright WickedJump to Next Bed Blood Cut Death Demand Destroy Earth Evil Hand House Innocent Killed Payment Require Rid Righteous Slain Sleeping Upright Wicked2 Samuel 4 1. The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner2. Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-Bosheth, and bring his head to Hebron 9. David causes them to be slain, and Ish-Bosheth's head to be buried. (11) A righteous person--i.e., righteous, not at fault, so far as the matter in hand and his relation to the assassins is concerned. Take you away from the earth.--"Rather, put you away out of the land. The word is one specially used of removing evil or the guilt of evil from the land (Deuteronomy 19:13; Deuteronomy 19:19, &c.). The guilt of murder defiled the land, until expiated by the execution of the murderer. (Numbers 35:33.)"--Kirkpatrick. Verse 11. - A righteous person. Ishbosheth was probably a weak rather than a wicked man; but David is not speaking of him generally, and, as regards Rechab and Baanah, he was quite guiltless, and their crime was not in revenge for any wrong done them.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew How much more,אַ֞ף (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though when כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction wicked רְשָׁעִ֗ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person men אֲנָשִׁ֣ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person kill הָרְג֧וּ (hā·rə·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent a righteous צַדִּ֛יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous man אִישׁ־ (’îš-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person in his own house בְּבֵית֖וֹ (bə·ḇê·ṯōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house [and] on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against his own bed, מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ (miš·kā·ḇōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4904: Place of lying, a couch, act of lying shall I not now וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time require אֲבַקֵּ֤שׁ (’ă·ḇaq·qêš) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after his blood דָּמוֹ֙ (dā·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of your hands מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ם (mî·yeḏ·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 3027: A hand and wipe you off וּבִעַרְתִּ֥י (ū·ḇi·‘ar·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish the earth!” הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links 2 Samuel 4:11 NIV2 Samuel 4:11 NLT 2 Samuel 4:11 ESV 2 Samuel 4:11 NASB 2 Samuel 4:11 KJV 2 Samuel 4:11 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 4:11 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 4:11 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 4:11 French Bible 2 Samuel 4:11 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 4:11 How much more when wicked men have (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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