Parallel Verses English Standard Version Your hands were not bound; your feet were not fettered; as one falls before the wicked you have fallen.” And all the people wept again over him. King James Bible Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. American Standard Version Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him. Douay-Rheims Bible Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet laden with fetters: but as men fall before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him. English Revised Version Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him. Webster's Bible Translation Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. 2 Samuel 3:34 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentWhen David heard this, he said, "I and my kingdom are innocent before Jehovah for ever of the blood of Abner. Let it turn (חוּל, to twist one's self, to turn or fall, irruit) upon the head of Joab and all his father's house (or so-called family)! Never shall there be wanting (יכּרת אל, let there not be cut off, so that there shall not be, as in Joshua 9:23) in the house of Joab one that hath an issue (vid., Leviticus 15:2), and a leper, and one who leans upon a stick (i.e., a lame person or cripple; פּלך, according to the lxx σκυτάλη, a thick round staff), and who falls by the sword, and who is in want of bread," The meaning is: May God avenge the murder of Abner upon Joab and his family, by punishing them continually with terrible diseases, violent death, and poverty. To make the reason for this fearful curse perfectly clear, the historian observes in 2 Samuel 3:30, that Joab and his brother Abishai had murdered Abner, "because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle" (2 Samuel 2:23). This act of Joab, in which Abishai must have been in some way concerned, was a treacherous act of assassination, which could not even be defended as blood-revenge, since Abner had slain Asahel in battle after repeated warnings, and only for the purpose of saving his own life. The principal motive for Joab's act was the most contemptible jealousy, or the fear lest Abner's reconciliation to David should diminish his own influence with the king, as was the case again at a later period with the murder of Amasa (2 Samuel 20:10). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge hands The hand of malefactors were usually secured with cords, and their feet with fetters; a custom to which David affectingly alludes in his lamentation over the dust of Abner. Thy hands, O Abner, were not bound, as found to be a malefactor, nor thy feet put in fetters; thou was treated with honour by him whose business it was to judge thee, and thy attachment to the house of Saul was esteemed rather generous than culpable: as the best of men may fall, so thou fellest by the sword of treachery, not of justice. wicked men [heb] children of iniquity wept Cross References 2 Samuel 3:33 And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a fool dies? 2 Samuel 3:35 Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, "God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!" Ezekiel 32:16 This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord GOD." Jump to Previous Add Bound Chained Children Downfall Evil Fall Fallen Falleth Falling Falls Feet Fell Fettered Fetters Free Hands Iniquity Nigh Weeping Wept WickedJump to Next Add Bound Chained Children Downfall Evil Fall Fallen Falleth Falling Falls Feet Fell Fettered Fetters Free Hands Iniquity Nigh Weeping Wept WickedLinks 2 Samuel 3:34 NIV2 Samuel 3:34 NLT 2 Samuel 3:34 ESV 2 Samuel 3:34 NASB 2 Samuel 3:34 KJV 2 Samuel 3:34 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 3:34 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 3:34 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 3:34 French Bible 2 Samuel 3:34 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |