2 Kings 10:7 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 10:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְהִ֗י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כְּבֹ֤א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
הַסֵּ֨פֶר֙
çêpher
H5612
book
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
ʼêl
H413
to
וַיִּקְחוּ֙
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בְּנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ
shâchaṭ
H7819
to slaughter
שִׁבְעִ֣ים
shibʻîym
H7657
seventy
אִ֑ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ
sûwm
H7760
to put
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙
rôʼsh
H7218
head
בַּדּוּדִ֔ים
dûwd
H1731
pot
וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ
shâlach
H7971
to send
אֵלָ֖יו
ʼêl
H413
to
יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה
Yizrᵉʻêʼl
H3157
Jezreel
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World English Bible Public Domain
It happened, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened when the letter came to them that they took the sons of the king and slaughtered 70 men. And they put their heads in baskets and sent to him in Jezreel.
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