Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
2 Samuel 14:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Your servant had two sons, and they fought with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And your handmaid had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. American Standard Version (1901) And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. Common English Bible Your servant had two sons, but the two of them fought in the field. No one could separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. Catholic Public Domain Version And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thy handmaid had two sons: and they quarrelled with each other in the field, and there was none to part them. And the one struck the other, and slew him. |
Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”
So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons rose, and each mounted his mule and fled.
The king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he murdered, even if we destroy the heir as well.’ Thus they would quench my one remaining ember and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”
When he went out the next day, he saw two Hebrews fighting, and he said to the one who was in the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow Hebrew?”