2 Samuel 18:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ Joab said to the man, “Why did you not kill him and let him fall to the ground? I would have given you a belt and ten pieces of silver!”

More versions

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 this happen. He told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”

2 Samuel 18:12

The man said to Joab, “I would not try to hurt the king’s son even if you gave me 1,000 {pieces of} silver. Why? Because we heard the king’s command to you, Abishai, and Ittai. The king said, ‘Be careful not to hurt young Absalom.’

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, ‘You are part of my family. May God punish me if I don’t make you captain of the army in Joab’s place.’”

Psalm 143:3

But my enemies are chasing me.\par They have crushed my life into the dirt.\par They are pushing me into the dark grave,\par like people who died long ago.\par

Proverbs 1:19

Greedy people are always destroyed by the things they take.