2 Samuel 2:26 - The Scriptures 1998

And Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Abner called to Joab, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that bitterness will be the result? How long will it be then before you bid the people to stop pursuing their brethren?

American Standard Version (1901)

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

Common English Bible

Abner yelled down to Joab, “Must the sword keep killing forever? Don’t you realize that this will end bitterly? How long before you order the troops to stop chasing their brothers?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Abner cried out to Joab, and he said: "Will your sword rage unto utter destruction? Are you ignorant that it is perilous to act in desperation? How long will you not tell the people to cease from the pursuit of their brothers?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? Knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? How long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren?

2 Samuel 2:26 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

And Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 2:14

And Aḇ

2 Samuel 2:16

And each one grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place was called the Field of Sharp Swords, which is in Giḇ

2 Samuel 2:25

And the children of Binyamin gathered together behind Aḇ

2 Samuel 2:27

And Yo’aḇ

Job 18:2

“When do you put an end to words? Understand, and let us then talk.

Job 19:2

“How long would you grieve my life, and crush me with words?

Psalm 4:2

Till when, O you sons of men, Would you turn my esteem to shame, Would you love emptiness, seek falsehood? Selah.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop fighting before it breaks out.

Isaiah 1:20

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword,” for the mouth of יהוה  has spoken.

Jeremiah 12:12

“The ravagers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness, for the sword of יהוה  is devouring from one end of the land to the other end of the land. There is no peace to any flesh.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain have I smitten your children – they received no instruction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long shall I see a banner, and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Master יהוה  of hosts, a day of vengeance, to revenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and be satisfied and made drunk with their blood. For the Master יהוה  of hosts has a slaughtering in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:14

“Declare in Mitsrayim, and let it be heard in Migdol. And let it be heard in Noph and in Taḥ

Hosea 11:6

“And the sword shall whirl in his cities, and it shall demolish his gate bars, and consume, because of their own counsels.

Acts 7:26

“And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and urged them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers, why do you wrong one another?’