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2 Samuel 18:10

What does 2 Samuel 18:10 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 18:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.

Context

v.9And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

v.10This passage

v.11And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

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