2 Samuel 3:33
What does 2 Samuel 3:33 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 3:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: --`As the death of a fool doth Abner die?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
Context
v.32And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
v.33This passage
v.34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
- 2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- Ecclesiastes 2:15
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
- 2 Samuel 13:12
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
- Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
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