2 Samuel 21:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,”
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“And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us--we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 21:5 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
- Esther 9:24For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
- Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
- Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
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