Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 2:26

2 Samuel chapter 2 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

Context

v.25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

v.26This passage

v.27And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 46:10

    For that day is a day of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

  • Jeremiah 4:21

    How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

  • Job 19:2

    How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

  • Job 18:2

    How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

  • Jeremiah 2:30

    In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

  • 2 Samuel 11:25

    Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.