2 Samuel 19:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    '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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Shall not Shimei{H8096} be put to death{H4191} for this, because he cursed{H7043} Jehovah's{H3068} anointed?{H4899}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Shall not Shimei{H8096} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)} for this, because he cursed{H7043}{(H8765)} the LORD'S{H3068} anointed{H4899}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Neuertheles Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia answered and sayde: And shulde not Semei dye therfore, seynge he hath cursed ye anoynted of ye LORDE?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah answered, and said, Shal not Shimei die for this, because he cursed the Lordes anoynted?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia aunswered, and sayd: Shall not Simei dye for this, because he cursed the Lordes annoynted?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth and saith, `For this is not Shimei put to death -- because he reviled the anointed of Jehovah?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Abishai son of Zeruiah replied,“For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the LORD’s anointed!”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 You shall not revile the gods nor curse the ruler of your people.
  • 1 Sam 26:9 : 9 And David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
  • 2 Sam 16:5 : 5 And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: 8 The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are caught in your own mischief, because you are a bloody man.
  • 2 Sam 16:13 : 13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-11 : 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them.
  • 1 Sam 24:6 : 6 And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 19:22-23
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    83%

    22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries unto me? Shall any man be put to death this day in Israel? For do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

    23 Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.

  • 2 Sam 16:5-13
    9 verses
    83%

    5 And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

    6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

    7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial:

    8 The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are caught in your own mischief, because you are a bloody man.

    9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head.

    10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, Curse David. Who then shall say, Why have you done so?

    11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth from my own body, seeks my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? Let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has bidden him.

    12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.

    13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

  • 1 Sam 26:8-10
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    80%

    8 Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now, therefore, let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him a second time."

    9 And David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8 And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

    9 Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.

  • 2 Sam 1:14-16
    3 verses
    77%

    14 And David said to him, How are you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

    15 And David called one of the young men and said, Go near, and strike him. And he smote him that he died.

    16 And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

  • 2 Sam 19:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither remember what your servant did perversely the day my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

    20 For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I am the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

  • 1 Sam 26:15-16
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    15 And David said to Abner, "Are you not a valiant man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord."

    16 This thing you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you are deserving of death because you have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head."

  • 1 Sam 22:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

    17 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to attack the priests of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 2:42-44
    3 verses
    73%

    42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you swear by the Lord, and warned you, saying, Know for certain, on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, that you shall surely die? And you said to me, The word I have heard is good.

    43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

    44 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart knows very well, that you did to David my father; therefore the Lord will return your wickedness upon your own head.

  • 2 Sam 21:17
    72%

    17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 3:9
    72%

    9 God do so to Abner, and more also, unless, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;

  • 1 Sam 24:6
    72%

    6 And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    72%

    5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 2 Sam 19:16
    71%

    16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 1 Sam 17:27
    71%

    27 The people answered him in this manner, saying, So shall it be done for the man who kills him.

  • 2 Sam 19:10
    71%

    10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you not speak a word of bringing the king back?

  • 1 Kgs 2:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

    24 Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.

  • 1 Kgs 2:38
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    38 And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

  • 2 Sam 20:6
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    6 And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us.

  • 1 Sam 24:10
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    10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some urged me to kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    70%

    11 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?

  • 1 Sam 20:31-32
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    31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.

    32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done?

  • 2 Sam 21:21
    70%

    21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:26
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    26 And to Abiathar the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are deserving of death, but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you have been afflicted in all that my father was afflicted.

  • 1 Sam 26:23
    70%

    23 The LORD repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
    2 verses
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    31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

    32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    70%

    19 Now, therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

  • 2 Sam 3:30
    70%

    30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.