2 Samuel 14:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.”
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“And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 killed him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:6 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- Exodus 2:13The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
- Deuteronomy 22:26Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- 2 Samuel 13:29So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
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