2 Samuel 21:5

And they answered the king, The man that consumed vs, and that deuised against vs, that we should be destroied from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

So they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And 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,
- American Standard Version (1901)

And 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,
- Basic English Bible

And 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,
- Darby Bible

And 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,
- Webster's Bible

They said to the king, "The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
- World English Bible

And 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 --
- Youngs Literal Bible

And they said unto the king: 'The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, so that we have been destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 21:5

21:6 I will - Having doubtless consulted God in the matter; who as he had before declared Saul's bloody house to be the causes of this judgment, so now commanded that justice should be done upon it, and that the remaining branches of it should be cut off; as sufficiently appears from hence, that God was well pleased with the action; which he would not have been, if David had done it without his command; for then it had been a sinful action of David's, and contrary to a double law of God, #Deut 21:23 24:16|.

21:7 Spared - For the Gibeonites desiring only such a number, it was at David's choice whom to spare. Of Jonathan - This is added, to distinguish him from the other Mephibosheth, ver.#8|.