Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֣י kî when Conj 5046 [e] הַמַּגִּיד֩ ham-mag-gîḏ it was declared Art | V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms [e] לִ֨י lî to me Prep-l | 1cs 559 [e] לֵאמֹ֜ר lê-mōr saying Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 2009 [e] הִנֵּה־ hin-nêh- Behold Interjection 4191 [e] מֵ֣ת mêṯ is dead V-Qal-Perf-3ms 7586 [e] שָׁא֗וּל šā-’ūl Saul N-proper-ms 1931 [e] וְהֽוּא־ wə-hū- and he Conj-w | Pro-3ms 1961 [e] הָיָ֤ה hā-yāh was V-Qal-Perf-3ms 1319 [e] כִמְבַשֵּׂר֙ ḵim-ḇaś-śêr as a bearer of tidings Prep-k | V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms 5869 [e] בְּעֵינָ֔יו bə-‘ê-nāw in his own eyes Prep-b | N-cdc | 3ms 270 [e] וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה wā-’ō-ḥă-zāh and I arrested Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3fs [e] ב֔וֹ ḇōw him Prep-b | 3ms 2026 [e] וָאֶהְרְגֵ֖הוּ wā-’eh-rə-ḡê-hū and I killed him Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3ms 6860 [e] בְּצִֽקְלָ֑ג bə-ṣiq-lāḡ at Ziklag Prep-b | N-proper-fs 834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֥ר ’ă-šer which [was] Pro-r 5414 [e] לְתִתִּי־ lə-ṯit-tî- instead of my giving Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf | 1cs [e] ל֖וֹ lōw to him Prep-l | 3ms 1309 [e] בְּשֹׂרָֽה׃ bə-śō-rāh for [his] news N-fs

Berean Study Bible
when 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!

Young's Literal Translation
when one is declaring to me, saying, Lo, Saul is dead, and he was as a bearer of tidings in his own eyes, then I take hold on him, and slay him in Ziklag, instead of my giving to him [for] the tidings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when the person told me, ‘ Look, Saul is dead ,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

New American Standard Bible
when one told me, saying, 'Behold, Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for [his] news.

King James Bible
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: 2 Samuel 4:10 • 2 Samuel 4:10 NIV • 2 Samuel 4:10 NLT • 2 Samuel 4:10 ESV • 2 Samuel 4:10 NASB • 2 Samuel 4:10 KJV • 2 Samuel 4:10 Biblia Paralela • 2 Samuel 4:10 Chinese Bible • 2 Samuel 4:10 French Bible • 2 Samuel 4:10 German Bible

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