2 Samuel 3:34 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁴ Your hands were not bound, your feet not placed in bronze shackles. You fell like one who falls victim to criminals. And all the people wept over him even more.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ 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

³⁴ 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)

³⁴ 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

³⁴ 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

³⁴ 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.

2 Samuel 3:34 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:12

They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening  for those who died by the sword #– #for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel.

2 Samuel 3:33

and the king sang a lament for Abner: Should Abner die as a fool dies?

2 Samuel 3:35

Then they came to urge David to eat food while it was still day, but David took an oath: ‘May God punish me and do so severely if I taste bread or anything else before sunset! ’

Job 24:14

The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.

Ezekiel 32:16

‘ “The daughters of the nations will chant that lament.  They will chant it over Egypt and all its hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’

Hosea 6:9

Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities.

Judges 16:21

The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.