2 Samuel 2:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be before you tell the people to return from pursuing their brothers?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Abner called out to Joab and said, 'Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long will you delay telling the people to stop pursuing their brothers?'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Abner{H74} called{H7121} to Joab,{H3097} and said,{H559} Shall the sword{H2719} devour{H398} for ever?{H5331} knowest{H3045} thou not that it will be bitterness{H4751} in the latter end?{H314} how long shall it be then, ere thou bid{H559} the people{H5971} return{H7725} from following{H310} their brethren?{H251}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Abner{H74} called{H7121}{(H8799)} to Joab{H3097}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Shall the sword{H2719} devour{H398}{(H8799)} for ever{H5331}? knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thou not that it will be bitterness{H4751} in the latter end{H314}? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid{H559}{(H8799)} the people{H5971} return{H7725}{(H8800)} from following{H310} their brethren{H251}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Abner called vnto Ioab, and sayde: Shal the swerde the deuoure without ende? Knowest thou not, that it wyll be bytter at the last? How longe wil it be or thou saie vnto the people, that they leaue of from their brethre:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sworde deuoure for euer? Knowest thou not, that it will be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be, or thou bid the people returne from following their brethren?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then Abner called to Ioab, and said: Shall the sword deuour for euer? Knowest thou not, that it wil be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be yer thou bid the people returne from folowing their brethren?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, `For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Abner called out to Joab,“Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 46:14 : 14 Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, and proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand fast, and prepare yourself; for the sword shall devour around you.
  • Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they were quarreling, and would have set them at peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?
  • Hos 11:6 : 6 And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
  • 2 Sam 2:14 : 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
  • 2 Sam 2:16 : 16 And they grabbed every one his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword into his opponent's side; so they fell together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
  • 2 Sam 11:25 : 25 Then David said to the messenger, Thus you shall say to Joab: Do not let this thing trouble you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it. So encourage him.
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will it be before you make an end of words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?
  • Ps 4:2 : 2 O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love vanity, and seek after lies? Selah.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water, therefore leave off contention before it is meddled with.
  • Isa 1:20 : 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
  • Jer 4:21 : 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
  • Jer 12:12 : 12 The destroyers have come upon all the high places in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD shall devour from one end of the land even to the other end of the land; no flesh shall have peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24 Joab also and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, that is before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one group, and stood on the top of a hill.

  • 2 Sam 2:27-29
    3 verses
    76%

    27 And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely by morning the people had gone up every man from pursuing his brother.

    28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued Israel no more, neither did they fight anymore.

    29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, crossed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

  • 2 Sam 3:21-31
    11 verses
    72%

    21 And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a league with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

    22 And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

    23 When Joab and all the host that was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24 Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

    25 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

    26 And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

    27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

    28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

    29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

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

    31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

  • 2 Sam 2:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men, and take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

    22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-33
    3 verses
    71%

    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.

    33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

    6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

  • 2 Sam 19:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 You are my brethren, you are my bones and my flesh; why then are you the last to bring back the king?

    13 And say to Amasa, Are you not of my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of the host before me continually in the place of Joab.

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing to kill Abner the son of Ner.

    38 And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

  • 2 Sam 2:14
    70%

    14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

  • 2 Sam 20:20
    70%

    20 Joab answered, Far be it from me, far be it from me, to swallow up or destroy.

  • 2 Sam 3:19
    70%

    19 And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin. And Abner went to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

  • 2 Sam 3:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 Then Abner was very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, that against Judah I show kindness this day unto the house of Saul your father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, that you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?

    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 26:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14 And David cried out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Do you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered and said, "Who are you that cries to the king?"

    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 Chr 21:3
    69%

    3 And Joab answered, May the LORD make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he bring guilt upon Israel?

  • 2 Sam 2:31
    68%

    31 But the servants of David had struck Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    68%

    17 And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 3:33-34
    2 verses
    68%

    33 And the king lamented over Abner and said, Did Abner die as a fool dies?

    34 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.

  • 2 Sam 18:16
    68%

    16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

    11 And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • Judg 20:23
    67%

    23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

  • 2 Sam 3:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16 And her husband went with her, weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, Go, return. And he returned.

    17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you.

  • 2 Sam 16:11
    67%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 26:8
    67%

    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."

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    67%

    12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 20:6
    67%

    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.