2 Samuel 18:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
2 Samuel 18:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 18:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 18:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
2 Samuel 18:8 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 18:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
2 Samuel 18:8 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 18:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.”
2 Samuel 18:8 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 18:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
2 Samuel 18:8 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 18:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.”
2 Samuel 18:8 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 18:8 in Context — 2 Samuel 18
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
What Does 2 Samuel 18:8 Mean?
2 Samuel 18:8 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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