2 Samuel 16:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “יהוה  has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Sha’ul, in whose place you have reigned. And יהוה  has given the reign into the hand of Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ the LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hands of Absalom your son. Behold, the calamity is upon you because you are a bloody man!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.

Common English Bible

⁸ The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of Saul’s family, in whose place you rule, and the LORD has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. You are in this trouble because you are a murderer!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The Lord has repaid you for all the blood of the house of Saul. For you have usurped the kingdom in place of him. And so, the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son. And behold, your evils press close upon you, because you are a man of blood."

2 Samuel 16:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:16

And Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 19:19

and said to the sovereign, “Do not let my master reckon crookedness to me, neither remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my master the sovereign left Yerushalayim, that the sovereign should take it to heart.

2 Samuel 19:21

But Aḇ

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 21:9

and gave them into the hands of the Giḇ

1 Kings 2:8

“And see, with you is Shimʽ

Psalm 3:2

Many are saying of me, “There is no deliverance for him in Elohim.” Selah.

Psalm 4:2

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

Psalm 55:3

Because of the noise of the enemy, Because of the outcry of the wrong; For they bring down wickedness upon me, And in wrath they hate me.

Psalm 7:4

If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

Proverbs 26:2

As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.

Revelation 16:6

“Because they have shed the blood of set-apart ones and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For they deserve it.”

Judges 9:24

in order that the violence done to the seventy sons of Yerubbaʽ