2 Samuel 16:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ When King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out whose name was Shimei son of Gera; he came out cursing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ When King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of the house of Saul, Shimei son of Gera, came out and cursed continually as he came.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.

Common English Bible

⁵ When King David came to Bahurim, a man from the same clan as Saul’s family came out from there. His name was Shimei; he was Gera’s son. He was cursing as he came out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Then king David went as far as Bahurim. And behold, a man from the kindred of the house of Saul, named Shimei, the son of Gera, went out from there. And going out, he continued on, and he was cursing,

2 Samuel 16:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 3:16

But her husband went with her, weeping as he walked behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back home!” So he went back.

1 Samuel 17:43

The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Exodus 22:28

“You shall not revile God or curse a leader of your people.

2 Samuel 17:18

But a young man saw them and told Absalom, so both of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man at Bahurim who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.

Isaiah 8:21

They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their gods. They will turn their faces upward,

Ecclesiastes 10:20

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts, or curse the rich, even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.

Psalm 69:26

For they persecute those whom you have struck down, and those whom you have wounded they attack still more.

2 Samuel 16:14

The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary at the Jordan, and there he refreshed himself.

2 Samuel 16:4

Then the king said to Ziba, “All that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” Ziba said, “I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”

2 Samuel 16:6

He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; now all the people and all the warriors were on his right and on his left.

Psalm 102:8

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.

Exodus 22:27

for it may be your neighbor’s only clothing to use as a cover. In what else shall that person sleep? And when your neighbor cries out to me, I will listen, for I am compassionate.

2 Samuel 23:31

Abi-albon the Arbathite; Azmaveth of Bahurim;

Esther 2:5

Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

Job 30:11

Because God has loosed my bowstring and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.