1 Kings 2:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.”
1 Kings 2:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 2:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 2:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.””
1 Kings 2:9 — World English Bible
1 Kings 2:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood. ”
1 Kings 2:9 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 2:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou <FI>art<Fi> , and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'”
1 Kings 2:9 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 2:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And now hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and thou shalt know what thou oughtest to do to him; but bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood. ”
1 Kings 2:9 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 2:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.”
1 Kings 2:9 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 2:9 in Context — 1 Kings 2
7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
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What Does 1 Kings 2:9 Mean?
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