2 Samuel 16:7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
2 Samuel 16:7 in other translations
| BSB | And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! |
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| WEB | Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow! |
| ASV | And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: |
| YLT | And thus said Shimei in his reviling, ‘Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness! |
| DARBY | And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial! |
| BBE | And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing: |
| Webster | And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: |
What does 2 Samuel 16:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 16:5-12
5-12. when king David came to Bahurim--a city of Benjamin (2Sa 3:16; 19:16). It is, however, only the confines of the district that are here meant. Shimei, ... a man of the family of Saul--The misfortune of his family, and the occupation by David of what they considered their rightful possessions, afforded a natural, if not a justifiable cause for this ebullition of rude insults and violence. He upbraided David as…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 16:5-14
David bore Shimei's curses much better than Ziba's flatteries; by these he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by those to pass a right judgment on himself: the world's smiles are more dangerous than its frowns. Once and again David spared Saul's life, while Saul sought his. But innocence is no defence against malice and falsehood; nor are we to think it strange, if we are charged with that which we…
2 Samuel 16:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 16:7
- Deuteronomy 13:13
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
- 1 Kings 21:10
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
- 1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
- 2 Samuel 3:37
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
- 2 Samuel 11:15-17
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
- Psalms 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
- 2 Samuel 12:9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- 1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 16:6
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
- 2 Samuel 16:7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
- 2 Samuel 16:8
The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
2 Samuel 16:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y decía Semei, maldiciéndole: Sal, sal, varón de sangres, y hombre de Belial: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Shimhi disait ainsi en maudissant: Sors, sors, homme de sang, et homme de Bélial! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Simei sprach also, indem er fluchte: Hinweg, hinweg, du Mann des Blutes und Mann Belials! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ita autem loquebatur Semei cum malediceret regi: Egredere, egredere, vir sanguinum, et vir Belial. |