2 Samuel 1:21 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 1:21 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 →
הָרֵ֣י
har
H2022
mountain
בַגִּלְבֹּ֗עַ
Gilbôaʻ
H1533
Gilboa
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
טַ֧ל
ṭal
H2919
dew
וְאַל
ʼal
H408
not
מָטָ֛ר
mâṭar
H4306
rain
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם
ʻal
H5921
upon
וּשְׂדֵ֣י
sâdeh
H7704
field
תְרוּמֹ֑ת
tᵉrûwmâh
H8641
offering
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
שָׁ֤ם
shâm
H8033
there
נִגְעַל֙
gâʻal
H1602
to abhor
מָגֵ֣ן
mâgên
H4043
shield
גִּבּוֹרִ֔ים
gibbôwr
H1368
mighty
מָגֵ֣ן
mâgên
H4043
shield
שָׁא֔וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
בְּלִ֖י
bᵉlîy
H1097
without
מָשִׁ֥יחַ
mâshîyach
H4899
anointed one
בַּשָּֽׁמֶן
shemen
H8081
fat
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
You mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
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King James Version Public Domain
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Mountains in Gilboa, not dew and not rain upon you, nor fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty was loathed, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).