2 Samuel 18:11 - Tree of Life Version

¹¹ Then Joab said to his informant, “Look here, you saw him, so why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt!”

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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

Then a certain man saw it and told Joab saying, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

2 Samuel 18:12

But the man said to Joab, “Even if I had 1,000 pieces of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king charged you, Abishai and Ittai saying, ‘Watch over the young man Absalom for me.’

2 Samuel 19:13

‘You are my kinsmen, my bone and my flesh! Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’

Psalm 143:3

For an enemy pursues my soul. He crushes my life down to the ground. He makes me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of all gaining by violence. It takes the life of its possessor.