“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.
Job 20:25 - Tree of Life Version He pulls and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors come upon him! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; Yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The arrow] is drawn forth and it comes out after passing through his body; yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors march in upon him; American Standard Version (1901) He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. Common English Bible They pull it out, but it sticks out from their backs; its shaft in their liver brings terror. Catholic Public Domain Version which had been drawn and had issued forth from its sheath, glittering in its bitterness: the horrible ones will go forth and approach over him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him. |
“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.
Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in a time of peace, marauders attack him.
His archers surround me. Without mercy He pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
He is torn from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.
For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we are trying to persuade people, but what we are is known to God—and I hope it is known to your consciences as well.
when I sharpen My lightning sword and My hand seizes it in judgment, I will return vengeance on My foes, and those who hate Me I will pay back.