Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.
2 Samuel 3:33 - Catholic Public Domain Version And the king, mourning and lamenting Abner, said: "By no means has Abner died the way that cowards usually die. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the king lamented over Abner and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies? American Standard Version (1901) And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth? Common English Bible Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool dies? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king, mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die hath Abner died. English Standard Version 2016 And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies? |
Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.
Your hands are not bound, and your feet are not weighed down with fetters. But just as men often fall before the sons of iniquity, so you have fallen." And while repeating this, all the people wept over him.
most of all Jeremiah. All the singing men and women repeat his lamentations over Josiah, even to the present day. And this has become like a law in Israel. Behold, it is found written in the Lamentations.
The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin of his soul.
A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end."
This is the lamentation. And they shall lament it. The daughters of the Gentiles shall lament it. They shall lament it over Egypt and over its multitude, says the Lord God."