2 Samuel 2:18

2 Samuel chapter 2 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

King James Version · 1611

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

American Standard Version · 1901

And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

v.17And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

v.18This passage

v.19And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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

Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
1 Chronicles 12:8
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains:
Psalms 18:33
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: And setteth me upon my high places.
Song of Solomon 2:17
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.
Amos 2:14
And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
Song of Solomon 8:14
Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.