2 Samuel 4:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood from your hand, and remove you from the earth?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    How much more, when wicked{H7563} men{H582} have slain{H2026} a righteous{H6662} person{H376} in his own house{H1004} upon his bed,{H4904} shall I not now require{H1245} his blood{H1818} of your hand,{H3027} and take you away{H1197} from the earth?{H776}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    How much more, when wicked{H7563} men{H582} have slain{H2026}{(H8804)} a righteous{H6662} person{H376} in his own house{H1004} upon his bed{H4904}? shall I not therefore now require{H1245}{(H8762)} his blood{H1818} of your hand{H3027}, and take you away{H1197}{(H8765)} from the earth{H776}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed. Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes, and take you awaye from ye earth?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    How much more, when wicked men haue slaine a righteous person in his owne house, and vpon his bed? shal I not now therfore require his blood at your hand, and take you from the earth?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Howe much more when wicked men haue slayne a righteous person in his owne house and vpon his bed? Shal I not nowe therfore require his blood of your hande, & take you from the earth?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:12 : 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 I will require an accounting for your lifeblood. I will demand it from any animal and from every person. From each person, I will demand an accounting for the life of another person. 6 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.
  • Exod 9:15 : 15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
  • Exod 21:12 : 12 Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.
  • Num 35:31-34 : 31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death. 32 Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside inside the gate, as if to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, killing him in revenge for the blood of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed king. These sons of Zeruiah are too harsh for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds.
  • 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.
  • Gen 4:11 : 11 'Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.'
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
  • Gen 7:23 : 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth.
  • Prov 2:22 : 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
  • Prov 25:26 : 26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 Tell them this: 'The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'
  • Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.
  • Hab 1:12 : 12 Are You not from eternity, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; You, O Rock, have established them to rebuke.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

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    12 So David commanded his young men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 4:7-10
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    78%

    7 After entering the house while Ishbosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head. Taking his head with them, they traveled along the road through the Arabah all night.

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  • 1 Sam 24:9-12
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    78%

    9 David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage.

    10 David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to the words of men who say, "David seeks your harm"?'

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    14 David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'

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    2 verses
    77%

    31 The king said to him, 'Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and my father's house the guilt of the blood that Joab shed without cause.

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  • 2 Sam 1:9-10
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    9 He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'

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    74%

    9 However, do not consider him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know what you ought to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.

  • 1 Sam 26:8-10
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    8 Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't need to strike him twice."

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    10 David also said, "As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

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    5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he killed the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He shed their blood as if in war during a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with the blood.

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    73%

    28 Later, when David heard about this, he declared, 'I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD regarding the blood of Abner son of Ner.

  • 2 Sam 19:21-22
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    21 'For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. But today I have come here as the first of the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.'

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    9 May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not carry out what the Lord swore to David.

  • 1 Sam 24:17-19
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    17 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul asked, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saul wept aloud.

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    72%

    20 Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

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    16 What you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, you deserve to die because you did not guard your lord, the LORD's anointed. Now, look around! Where are the king's spear and the jar of water that were near his head?"

  • Ps 139:19
    72%

    19 If only You, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!

  • 2 Sam 12:5
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    5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

  • 1 Sam 22:16-17
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    16 The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

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  • 2 Sam 24:17
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    17 When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the Lord, "I alone have sinned; I, the shepherd, have acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand fall upon me and my family."

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    34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his house in the wilderness.

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    7 Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother so that we may put him to death for taking his brother’s life. We want to destroy the heir as well.' They will extinguish my remaining ember, leaving neither name nor remnant for my husband on the earth.

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    15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, 'Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him.'

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    4 He came to the sheepfolds along the way, and there was a cave. Saul went in to relieve himself, while David and his men were sitting in the innermost part of the cave.

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    9 Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in His eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites!

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    17 David said to God, "Was it not I who gave the command to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? LORD my God, let Your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on Your people."

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    22 David said to Abiathar, 'That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family.'

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    25 Saul replied, 'Say to David, "The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies."' Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

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    70%

    23 The LORD repays everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not lay my hand on the LORD's anointed.

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