2 Samuel 3:38 - Modern English Version

³⁸ David said to his servant, “Do you not understand that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ King David said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Common English Bible

³⁸ The king told his soldiers, “Don’t you know that a prince and a great man in Israel has fallen today?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ The king also said to his servants: "Could you be ignorant that a leader and a very great man has fallen today in Israel?

2 Samuel 3:38 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 2:8

However, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Saul, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 3:12

So Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to bring over all of Israel to you.”

2 Samuel 3:37

That very day, all of the people, all of Israel, understood that it was not ordered from the king to have Abner the son of Ner killed.

2 Samuel 3:39

Today, I am weak, even if an anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too strong for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his wickedness.”

Job 32:9

Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged always understand judgment.

1 Samuel 26:15

And David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? And who is like to you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.