2 Samuel 18:11 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹¹ Joab said to the man who had told him this, ‘What! You saw him? Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Joab said to the man, You saw him! Why did you not strike him down to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a girdle.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Joab said to the man who told him, “You saw this? Why didn’t you kill him on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And Joab said to the man who had reported it to him, "If you saw him, why did you not stab him to the ground, and I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And Joab said to the man that told him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not stab him to the ground, and I would have given thee ten sicles of silver, and belt?

2 Samuel 18:11 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 18:10

When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, ‘I have just seen Absalom hanging in an oak tree.’

2 Samuel 18:12

But the man replied, ‘Even if a thousand shekels were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, “Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.”

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, “Are you not my own flesh and blood? May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.” ’

Psalm 143:3

The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.