Tree of Life Version
2 Samuel 3:34
34Your hands were not bound, your feet were never put in fetters. As one falls before the children of iniquity, so did you fall.” Then all the people wept again over him.
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
32When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king lifted up his voice and wept aloud at Abner’s grave, and all the people wept. 33Then the king chanted a lament for Abner and said, “Should Abner die like a senseless fool? Your hands were not bound, your feet were never put in fetters. As one falls before the children of iniquity, so did you fall.” Then all the people wept again over him. 35Then all the people came to urge David to eat some food while it was still day, but David vowed saying, “May God do so to me and even more if I taste food or anything else before the sun sets.” 36All the people took note of it and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased all the people.
Read all of 2 Samuel 32 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 and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he became a grinder in the prison.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and deep gloom, prisoners in misery and iron chains,
- Job 24:14The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.
- Hosea 6:9Like marauding bands waiting for a man, so a company of priests murders on the way toward Shechem. For they have committed crime.
- 2 Samuel 1:12and they mourned, wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, for the troops of Adonai and for the house 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
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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
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