2 Samuel 18:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.”
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“The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 18:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:10But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Joshua 10:11As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Judges 5:20From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
- 1 Kings 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
- Proverbs 24:22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
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