Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 16:9

2 Samuel chapter 16 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

Context

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.

v.9This passage

v.10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because Jehovah hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

Cross references

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

  • 1 Samuel 26:6

    Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

  • 2 Samuel 3:8

    Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

  • Acts 23:5

    And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.

  • Exodus 22:28

    Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

  • 2 Samuel 3:30

    So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • Luke 9:54

    And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?