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2 Samuel 16:7

2 Samuel chapter 16 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:

Context

v.6And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

v.7This passage

v.8Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 11:15

    And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

  • 2 Samuel 3:37

    So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

  • Deuteronomy 13:13

    Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

  • Psalms 51:14

    Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; Andmy tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  • 1 Kings 21:13

    And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.