2 Samuel 18:14 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁴ “I won’t wait for you!” Joab said. So he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Joab said, I will not tarry thus with you. He took three darts in his hand and thrust them into the body of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Joab said, “I won’t waste time like this with you!” He took three sticks in his hand and drove them into Absalom’s chest while he was still alive in the oak.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And Joab said, "It will not be as you wish. Instead, I will be assailing him in your sight." Then he took three lances in his hand, and he fixed them in the heart of Absalom. And while he was still clinging to life upon the oak,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom. And whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,

2 Samuel 18:14 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10

So now the sword will never depart from your house—because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

2 Samuel 14:30

So he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is next to mine and he has barley there—go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

2 Samuel 18:15

Then ten young men who were Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck and finished him off.

2 Samuel 18:5

Then the king charged Joab, Abishai and Ittai saying, “Deal gently with the young man Absalom for my sake.” Now all the troops heard the king’s charge to all the commanders concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

The king was shaken. So he went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. As he walked he cried, “My son Absalom! O my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:11

but Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why are we silent about restoring the king?”

Job 20:5

that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a leafy tree in native soil.

Psalm 45:5

In your majesty ride victoriously, on behalf of truth, meekness and justice. Let your right hand display awesome things.

Matthew 12:40

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.

Judges 4:21

Then Yael, Heber’s wife, took a tent pin and got a hammer in her hand, approached him stealthily and drove the pin into his temple until it pierced through into the ground—for he was exhausted and in a deep sleep. So he died.

Judges 5:26

Her hand reached for the tent pin, her right hand to the workmen’s hammer, and with the hammer she struck Sisera, she smashed his head— yes, she crushed and pierced his temple.

Judges 5:31

So let all Your enemies perish, Adonai! But may those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.” Then the land had peace for 40 years.