2 Samuel 1:11
What does 2 Samuel 1:11 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 1:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who <FI>are<Fi> with him,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him [did] likewise.
Context
v.10So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
v.11This passage
v.12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:31
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.
- 2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.
- Joshua 7:6
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
- Genesis 37:29
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
- Genesis 37:34
And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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