English Standard Version
2 Samuel 14:6
6And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
2 Samuel 14:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
- New International Version (NIV)I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now your maidservant had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed.
Context of 2 Samuel 14:6
4When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king." 5And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead. And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. 7And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.' And so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth." 8Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 Samuel 14:6 word by word
וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thy handmaidשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
- had twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- strove togetherנָצָהnâtsâh · to struggleH5327
- in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- none to partנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- them, but the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:6
- Genesis 4:8Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- Exodus 2:13When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, "Why do you strike your companion?"
- Deuteronomy 22:26But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor,
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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