2 Samuel 21:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,”
2 Samuel 21:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 21:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 21:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,”
2 Samuel 21:5 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 21:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, ”
2 Samuel 21:5 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 21:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us--we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel--”
2 Samuel 21:5 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 21:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel, ”
2 Samuel 21:5 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 21:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then they answered the King, The man that consumed vs and that imagined euill against vs, so that we are destroyed from remaining in any coast of Israel,”
2 Samuel 21:5 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 21:5 in Context — 2 Samuel 21
3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
What Does 2 Samuel 21:5 Mean?
2 Samuel 21:5 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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