2 Samuel 18:11 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 18:11 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 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יוֹאָ֗ב
Yôwʼâb
H3097
Joab
לָאִישׁ֙
ʼîysh
H376
man
הַמַּגִּ֣יד
nâgad
H5046
to make known
ל֔וֹ
וְהִנֵּ֣ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
רָאִ֔יתָ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
וּמַדּ֛וּעַ
maddûwaʻ
H4069
why
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
הִכִּית֥וֹ
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
שָׁ֖ם
shâm
H8033
there
אָ֑רְצָה
ʼerets
H776
land
וְעָלַ֗י
ʻal
H5921
upon
לָ֤תֶת
nâthan
H5414
to give
לְךָ֙
עֲשָׂ֣רָה
ʻeser
H6235
ten
כֶ֔סֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
וַחֲגֹרָ֖ה
chăgôwr
H2290
belt
אֶחָֽת
ʼechâd
H259
one
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
Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Joab said to the man declaring to him, “And behold, you saw, so why did you not strike him there to the ground? For to me to give to you ten silver and one belt.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).