2 Samuel 14:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field, with no one there to separate them, and one of them struck the other and killed him.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thy handmaid{H8198} had two{H8147} sons,{H1121} and they two{H8147} strove together{H5327} in the field,{H7704} and there was none to part{H5337} them, but the one{H259} smote{H5221} the other,{H259} and killed{H4191} him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thy handmaid{H8198} had two{H8147} sons{H1121}, and they two{H8147} strove together{H5327}{(H8735)} in the field{H7704}, and there was none to part{H5337}{(H8688)} them, but the one{H259} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} the other{H259}, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And thy handmayde had two sonnes, which stroue together in the felde: and whyle there was noman to parte the a sunder, the one smote the other, and slewe him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thine handmayd had two sonnes, & they two stroue together in the fielde: (and there was none to part them) so the one smote the other, and slew him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thy hande mayde had two sonnes, and they two fought together in the fielde, where was no man to go betweene them, but the one smote the other, and slue him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
  • Exod 2:13 : 13 And when he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, Why are you hitting your fellow?
  • Deut 22:26-27 : 26 But to the young woman you shall do nothing; there is in the young woman no sin worthy of death; for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter. 27 For he found her in the field and the betrothed young woman cried out, and there was no one to save her.

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    7 And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

    8 And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.

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    15 Now therefore I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, because the people have made me afraid: and your maidservant said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his maidservant.

    16 For the king will hear, to deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

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    5 And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

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    19 And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

    20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

    21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had borne.

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    11 Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

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