2 Samuel 3:34

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked.' And all the people wept over him.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy hands{H3027} were not bound,{H631} nor thy feet{H7272} put{H5066} into fetters:{H5178} As a man falleth{H5307} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of iniquity,{H5766} so didst thou fall.{H5307} And all the people{H5971} wept{H1058} again{H3254} over him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy hands{H3027} were not bound{H631}{(H8803)}, nor thy feet{H7272} put{H5066}{(H8717)} into fetters{H5178}: as a man falleth{H5307}{(H8800)} before{H6440} wicked{H5766} men{H1121}, so fellest{H5307}{(H8804)} thou. And all the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8800)} again{H3254}{(H8686)} over him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thy handes were not bounde, thy fete were not vexed with fetters, thou art fallen as a man falleth before wicked vnthriftes. Then all the people bewayled him yet more.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thine handes were not bounde, nor thy feete tyed in fetters of brasse: but as a man falleth before wicked men, so diddest thou fall; all the people wept againe for him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thy handes were not bounde, nor thy feete brought into fetters of brasse: but as a man falleth before wicked children, so fellest thou. And all they that were of the people, wept yet more ouer him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so did you fall. All the people wept again over him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell." All the people wept again over him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals.”All the people wept over him again.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 16:21 : 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
  • 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
  • Job 24:14 : 14 At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief.
  • Ps 107:10-11 : 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains. 11 For they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
  • Hos 6:9 : 9 As marauders lie in wait for someone, so a band of priests murder on the road to Shechem; they commit heinous crimes.

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    36 All the people took note of this, and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased them.

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