2 Samuel 3:38
“And the King said vnto his seruants, Knowe yee not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?”
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2 Samuel 3:38 Context
36And all the people tooke notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoeuer the King did, pleased all the people. 37For all the people, and all Israel vnderstood that day, that it was not of the King to slay Abner the sonne of Ner. 38And the King said vnto his seruants, Knowe yee not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 39And I am this day weake, though anointed King, and these men the sonnes of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of euill, according to his wickednesse.
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Other Translations for 2 Samuel 3:38
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
- King James Version
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?
- Basic English Bible
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
- Darby Bible
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there hath a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
- Webster's Bible
The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
- World English Bible
And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the king said unto his servants: 'Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 3:38
3:38 Know ye not, &c. - But how little, how mean are they made by death, who were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.