2 Samuel 3:34
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
2 Samuel 3:34 in other translations
| BSB | Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more. |
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| WEB | Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him. |
| ASV | Thy 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. |
| YLT | Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil--Thou hast fallen!' and all the people add to weep over him. |
| DARBY | Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters; As a man falleth before wicked men, Fellest thou! And all the people wept again over him. |
| BBE | Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again. |
| Webster | Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. |
What does 2 Samuel 3:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:33-34
33-34. the king lamented over Abner--This brief elegy is an effusion of indignation as much as of sorrow. As Abner had stabbed Asahel in open war [2Sa 2:23], Joab had not the right of the Goel. Besides, he had adopted a lawless and execrable method of obtaining satisfaction (see on 1Ki 2:5). The deed was an insult to the authority, as well as most damaging to the prospects of the king. But David's feelings and…
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…
2 Samuel 3:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 3:34
- Judges 16:21
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- Psalms 107:10-11
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
- Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
- 2 Samuel 1:12
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
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Jud 16:21; Ps 107:10,11
wicked men. Heb. children of iniquity.
Job 24:14; Ho 6:9
wept.
1:12
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Context
- 2 Samuel 3:33
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
- 2 Samuel 3:34
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
- 2 Samuel 3:35
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
2 Samuel 3:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tus manos no estaban atadas, ni tus pies ligados con grillos: caíste como los que caen delante de malos hombres. Y todo el pueblo volvió á llorar sobre él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tes mains n’étaient pas liées, et tes pieds n’avaient pas été mis dans des chaînes; tu es tombé comme on tombe devant les fils d’iniquité. Et tout le peuple pleura encore sur lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Deine Hände waren nicht gebunden, und nicht in eherne Fesseln gelegt deine Füße. Wie man fällt vor Söhnen der Ungerechtigkeit, so bist du gefallen! Da weinte alles Volk noch mehr über ihn. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Manus tuæ ligatæ non sunt, et pedes tui non sunt compedibus aggravati: sed sicut solent cadere coram filiis iniquitatis, sic corruisti. Congeminansque omnis populus flevit super eum. |