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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Your hands were not bound; your feet were not chained. No, you were murdered— the victim of a wicked plot.” All the people wept again for Abner.

Context of 2 Samuel 3:34

32They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also. 33The king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died as the lawless die? 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. 35Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!” 36All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.

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 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
• Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
• Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.
• Hosea 6:9As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.
• 2 Samuel 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they 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
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• Ishbosheth
• Lamentation
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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