David told the messenger, ‘Say this to Joab: “Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.” Encourage him.’
2 Samuel 2:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Abner called to Joab, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that bitterness will be the result? How long will it be then before you bid the people to stop pursuing their brethren? American Standard Version (1901) Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? Common English Bible Abner yelled down to Joab, “Must the sword keep killing forever? Don’t you realize that this will end bitterly? How long before you order the troops to stop chasing their brothers?” Catholic Public Domain Version And Abner cried out to Joab, and he said: "Will your sword rage unto utter destruction? Are you ignorant that it is perilous to act in desperation? How long will you not tell the people to cease from the pursuit of their brothers?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? Knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? How long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren? |
David told the messenger, ‘Say this to Joab: “Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.” Encourage him.’
Then Abner said to Joab, ‘Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.’ ‘Let them get up,’ Joab replied.
Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side so that they all died together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is named Field of Blades.
The Benjaminites rallied to Abner; they formed a unit and took their stand on top of a hill.
‘As God lives,’ Joab replied, ‘if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn’t have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.’
How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.’ For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the Lord has a sword that devours from one end of the earth to the other. No one has peace.
I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies, a day of vengeance to avenge himself against his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satisfied; it will drink its fill of their blood, because it will be a sacrifice to the Lord, the God of Armies, in the northern land by the River Euphrates.
Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes! Say, ‘Take positions! Prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.’
A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, , because of their schemes.
The next day he appeared while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, “Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ”