2 Samuel 18:11 - New Revised Standard Version

¹¹ Joab said to the man who told him, “What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Joab said to the man, You saw him! Why did you not strike him down to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a girdle.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Joab said to the man who told him, “You saw this? Why didn’t you kill him on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And Joab said to the man who had reported it to him, "If you saw him, why did you not stab him to the ground, and I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And Joab said to the man that told him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not stab him to the ground, and I would have given thee ten sicles of silver, and belt?

2 Samuel 18:11 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:10

A man saw it, and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

2 Samuel 18:12

But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not raise my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying: For my sake protect the young man Absalom!

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? So may God do to me, and more, if you are not the commander of my army from now on, in place of Joab.’ ”

Psalm 143:3

For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those long dead.

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.