Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel 18:15 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded and struck Absalom and killed him. American Standard Version (1901) And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. Common English Bible Then ten young armor-bearers of Joab surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him. Catholic Public Domain Version ten young men, armor bearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him, they killed him. English Standard Version 2016 And ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him. |
Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife.
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,
And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.
And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar, the priests, saying: Speak to the ancients of Juda, saying: Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? (For the talk of all Israel was come to the king in his house.)
That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.