2 Samuel 3 · Verse 29

2 Samuel 3:29

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
2 Samuel 3:29, King James Version

2 Samuel 3:29 in other translations

BSBMay it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
WEBLet it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
ASVlet it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.
YLTit doth stay on the head of Joab, and on all the house of his father, and there is not cut off from the house of Joab one having an issue, and leprous, and laying hold on a staff, and falling by a sword, and lacking bread.'
DARBYlet it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that lacks bread!
BBEMay it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food!
WebsterLet it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

What does 2 Samuel 3:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Let it rest on the head - All these verbs may be rendered in the future tense: it will rest on the head of Joab, etc. This was a prophetic declaration, which sufficiently showed the displeasure of God against this execrable man.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:22-39

Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be…

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2 Samuel 3:29 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.

יָחֻ֙לוּ֙ya.Chu.lulet them whirlH2342
עַל\־'al-overH5921
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218
יוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvJoabH3097
וְאֶ֖לve.'Eland toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אָבִ֑יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
וְֽאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
יִכָּרֵ֣תyi.ka.Rethe be cut offH3772
מִבֵּ֣יתmi.Beitfrom [the] house ofH1004
יוֹאָ֡בyo.'AvJoabH3097
זָ֠בzav[one who] suffers a dischargeH2100
וּמְצֹרָ֞עu.me.tzo.Ra'and [one who] has a skin diseaseH6879
וּמַחֲזִ֥יקu.ma.cha.Zikand [one who] takes holdH2388
בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְba.Pe.lekhon the spindleH6418
וְנֹפֵ֥לve.no.Feland [one who] fallsH5307
בַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
וַחֲסַר\־va.cha.sar-and [one] lacking ofH2638
לָֽחֶם\׃La.chembreadH3899

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 3:29

  • 2 Samuel 1:16

    And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed.

  • Psalms 109:8-19

    Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. …

  • 1 Kings 2:31-34

    And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

  • Acts 28:4

    And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

  • 2 Kings 5:1

    Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

  • Judges 9:24

    That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.

  • Leviticus 15:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

  • Judges 9:56-57

    Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

  • 1 Samuel 2:32-36

    And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. …

  • 2 Kings 5:27

    The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

  • Leviticus 13:44-46

    He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

  • Revelation 16:6

    For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rest.
1:16; Jud 9:24,56,57; 1Ki 2:31-34; Ac 28:4; Re 16:6
let there.
1Sa 2:32-36; 2Ki 5:27; Ps 109:8-19
fail. Heb. be cut off. an issue.
Le 13:44-46; 2Ki 5:1

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 3:28

    And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

  • 2 Samuel 3:29

    Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

  • 2 Samuel 3:30

    So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

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2 Samuel 3:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Caiga sobre la cabeza de Joab, y sobre toda la casa de su padre; que nunca falte de la casa de Joab quien padezca flujo, ni leproso, ni quien ande con báculo, ni quien muera á cuchillo, ni quien tenga falta de pan.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
qu’il tombe sur la tête de Joab, et sur toute la maison de son père; et que la maison de Joab ne soit jamais sans un homme ayant un flux, ou la lèpre, ou qui s’appuie sur un bâton, ou qui tombe par l’épée, ou qui manque de pain.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es komme über das Haupt Joabs und über das ganze Haus seines Vaters; und nie soll im Hause Joabs fehlen der Flüssige und der Aussätzige und der sich am Stabe stützt und der durchs Schwert fällt und dem es an Brot mangelt! -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et veniat super caput Joab, et super omnem domum patris ejus: nec deficiat de domo Joab fluxum seminis sustinens, et leprosus, et tenens fusum, et cadens gladio, et indigens pane.