2 Samuel 13:31
What does 2 Samuel 13:31 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 13:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the king riseth, and rendeth his garments, and lieth on the earth, and all his servants are standing by <FI>with<Fi> rent garments.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then the king rose up, and rent his garments: and fell upon the ground, and all his servants, that stood about him, rent their garments.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their garments rent.
Context
v.30And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.
v.31This passage
v.32And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Job 1:20
Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 12:16
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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