2 Samuel 18:11

2 Samuel chapter 18 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

Context

v.10And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

v.11This passage

v.12And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.