2 Samuel 3:34 - Easy To Read Version Abner, your hands were not tied.
Your feet were not put in chains.
No, Abner, evil men killed you!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your hands were not bound or your feet put into fetters; as a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him. American Standard Version (1901) Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him. Common English Bible Your hands weren’t bound, your feet weren’t chained, but you have fallen like someone falls before the wicked.” Then the troops cried over Abner again. Catholic Public Domain Version Your hands are not bound, and your feet are not weighed down with fetters. But just as men often fall before the sons of iniquity, so you have fallen." And while repeating this, all the people wept over him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet laden with fetters: but as men fall before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him. |
They were very sad and cried. They did not eat until evening. They cried because Saul and his son Jonathan were dead. David and his men cried for the Lord’s people {that had been killed}, and they cried for Israel. They cried because Saul, his son Jonathan, and many Israelites had been killed in battle.
All day long people came to encourage David to eat food. But David had made a special promise. He said, “May God punish me and give me many troubles if I eat bread or any other food before the sun goes down.”
A murderer gets up early in the morning,\par and kills poor, helpless people.\par And at night he becomes a thief.\par
“This is a sad song that people will sing for Egypt. The daughters (cities) in other nations will sing this sad song about Egypt. They will sing it as a sad song about Egypt and all its people.” The Lord my Master said those things!
Robbers hide and wait to attack someone.\par In the same way,\par priests wait on the road to Shechem\par and attack the people that pass by.\par They have done evil things.\par
The Philistine men captured Samson. They tore out his eyes, and took him down to the city of Gaza. Then they put chains on him to keep him from running away. They put Samson in prison and made him work grinding grain.