2 Samuel 21 · Verse 5

2 Samuel 21:5

And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
2 Samuel 21:5, King James Version

2 Samuel 21:5 in other translations

BSBAnd they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
WEBThey said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
ASVAnd they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
YLTAnd they say unto the king, ‘The man who consumed us, and who devised against us--we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel--
DARBYAnd they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,
BBEAnd they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,
WebsterAnd they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining within the borders of Israel,

What does 2 Samuel 21:5 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:1-9

Every affliction arises from sin, and should lead us to repent and humble ourselves before God; but some troubles especially show that they are sent to bring sin to remembrance. God's judgments often look a great way back, which requires us to do so, when we are under his rebukes. It is not for us to object against the people's smarting for the sin of their king; perhaps they helped him. Nor against this generation…

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2 Samuel 21:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
הָאִישׁ֙ha.'Ishthe manH376
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
כִּלָּ֔נוּki.La.nuhe made an end of usH3615
וַאֲשֶׁ֖רva.'a.Sherand whoH834
דִּמָּה\־di.mah-he plannedH1819
לָ֑נוּLa.nuto <the> us
נִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּnish.Mad.nuwe were destroyedH8045
מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖בme.hit.ya.Tzevfrom standingH3320
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
גְּבֻ֥לge.Vul[the] territory ofH1366
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 21:5

  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

  • Matthew 7:2

    For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

  • Daniel 9:26

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  • Esther 9:24-25

    Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The man.
1; Es 9:24,25; Mt 7:2
devised. or, cut us off.
Da 9:26

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 21:4

    And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

  • 2 Samuel 21:5

    And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

  • 2 Samuel 21:6

    Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

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2 Samuel 21:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ellos respondieron al rey: De aquel hombre que nos destruyó, y que maquinó contra nosotros, para extirparnos sin dejar nada de nosotros en todo el término de Israel;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils dirent au roi: L’homme qui nous a consumés et qui a formé un plan contre nous afin de nous détruire, pour que nous ne puissions subsister dans tous les confins d’Israël…:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprachen sie zu dem König: Der Mann, der uns vernichtet hat, und der wider uns sann, daß wir vertilgt würden, um nicht mehr zu bestehen in allen Grenzen Israels: -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui dixerunt regi: Virum qui attrivit nos et oppressit inique, ita delere debemus, ut ne unus quidem residuus sit de stirpe ejus in cunctis finibus Israël.