2 Samuel 17:18 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 17:18 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 →
וַיַּ֤רְא
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אֹתָם֙
ʼêth
H853
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נַ֔עַר
naʻar
H5288
boy
וַיַּגֵּ֖ד
nâgad
H5046
to make known
לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם
ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
H53
Absalom
וַיֵּלְכוּ֩
yâlak
H3212
to walk
שְׁנֵיהֶ֨ם
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
מְהֵרָ֜ה
mᵉhêrâh
H4120
haste
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
בֵּֽית
bayith
H1004
house
אִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
בְּבַחוּרִ֗ים
Bachurîym
H980
Bahurim
וְל֥וֹ
בְאֵ֛ר
bᵉʼêr
H875
well
בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹ
châtsêr
H2691
court
וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ
yârad
H3381
to go down
שָֽׁם
shâm
H8033
there
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World English Bible Public Domain
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
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King James Version Public Domain
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But a young man saw them, and he declared to Absalom. So the two of them went haste, and they came to the house of a man in Bahurim, and to him a well in his courtyard, and they went down there.
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