2 Samuel 14:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ I had two sons. They were out in the field fighting. There was no one to stop them. One son killed the other son.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And your handmaid had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

Common English Bible

⁶ Your servant had two sons, but the two of them fought in the field. No one could separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.

2 Samuel 14:6 Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, {“Let’s go out to the field.”} So Cain and Abel went to the field. Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom gave this command to his servants, “Watch Amnon. When he is drunk and feeling good from the wine, I will give you the command. You must attack Amnon and kill him. Don’t be afraid of being punished. After all, you will only be obeying my command. Now, be strong and brave.”

2 Samuel 13:29

So Absalom’s young soldiers did what he said. They killed Amnon. But all of David’s other sons escaped. Each son got on his mule and escaped.

2 Samuel 14:5

King David said to her, “What’s your problem?”

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole family is against me. They said to me, ‘Bring us the son who killed his brother and we will kill him. Why? Because he killed his brother.’ My son is like the last spark of a fire. If they kill my son, then that fire will burn out and be finished. He is the only son left alive to get his father’s property. So my {dead} husband’s property will go to someone else and his name will be removed from the land.”

Exodus 2:13

The next day Moses saw two Hebrew [11] men fighting each other. Moses saw that one man was wrong. Moses said to that man, “Why are you hurting your neighbor?”