2 Samuel 2:22 - New International Version (Anglicised)

Again Abner warned Asahel, ‘Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I be able to face Joab your brother?

American Standard Version (1901)

And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

Common English Bible

So Abner repeated himself to Asahel: “Stop chasing me. Why should I kill you? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And again, Abner said to Asahel: "Withdraw, and do not choose to follow me. Otherwise, I will be compelled to stab you to the ground, and I will not be able to lift up my face before your brother, Joab."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And again Abner said to Asael: Go off, and do not follow me, lest I be obliged to stab thee to the ground; and I shall not be able to hold up my face to Joab thy brother.

2 Samuel 2:22 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 2:21

Then Abner said to him, ‘Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.’ But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

2 Samuel 3:27

Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.

Proverbs 29:1

Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed – without remedy.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever exists has already been named, and what humanity is has been known; no-one can contend with someone who is stronger.

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul said to Michal, ‘Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?’ Michal told him, ‘He said to me, “Let me get away. Why should I kill you?” ’