2 Samuel 3:34

2 Samuel 3:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
• New International Version (NIV)Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked.” And all the people wept over him again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your hands were not bound; your feet were not fettered; as one falls before the wicked you have fallen." And all the people wept again over him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your hands were not bound Nor your feet put into fetters; As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell.” Then all the people wept over him again.

Context of 2 Samuel 3:34

32So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too. 33The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool? Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals.” All the people wept over him again. 35Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!” 36All the people noticed this and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people.

2 Samuel 3:34 word by word

יָדֶ֣ךָ לֹֽא־אֲסֻר֗וֹת וְרַגְלֶ֙יךָ֙ לֹא־לִנְחֻשְׁתַּ֣יִם הֻגָּ֔שׁוּ כִּנְפ֛וֹל לִפְנֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־עַוְלָ֖ה נָפָ֑לְתָּ וַיֹּסִ֥פוּ כָל־הָעָ֖ם לִבְכּ֥וֹת עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• not boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• nor thy feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• putנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: bringH5066
• into fettersנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• as a man fallethנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• wickedעַוְלָה‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• menבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• thou. And all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:34

• Judges 16:21The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
• Psalms 107:10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
• Job 24:14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.
• Hosea 6:9The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!
• 2 Samuel 1:12They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:34

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Thy hands were not bound … - This thought prepares the way for the solution; Abner had been treacherously murdered by wicked men.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be fond of power, when a man…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34before the wicked: Normal warfare could not defeat Abner, who was an experienced warrior. He could be defeated only through betrayal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3433-34. the king lamented over Abner--This brief elegy is an effusion of indignation as much as of sorrow. As Abner had stabbed Asahel in open war [2Sa 2:23], Joab had not the right of the Goel. Besides, he had adopted a lawless and execrable method of obtaining satisfaction (see on 1Ki 2:5). The deed was an insult to the authority, as well as most damaging to the prospects of the king. But David's feelings and conduct on hearing of the death, together…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 3:34

• Abner
• Elegy
• Mourning
• Poetry
• Tact

In the dictionaries

• Abner
• Chain
• Communication
• Ishbosheth
• Lamentation
• Mourn
• Sackcloth
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• Chain; Chains

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3

• 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