Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 2:21

2 Samuel chapter 2 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

Context

v.20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.

v.21This passage

v.22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

Cross references

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

  • Judges 14:19

    And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.