2 Samuel 2:14 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 2:14 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 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אַבְנֵר֙
ʼAbnêr
H74
Abner
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יוֹאָ֔ב
Yôwʼâb
H3097
Joab
יָק֤וּמוּ
qûwm
H6965
to rise
נָא֙
nâʼ
H4994
please
הַנְּעָרִ֔ים
naʻar
H5288
boy
וִֽישַׂחֲק֖וּ
sâchaq
H7832
to laugh
לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ
pânîym
H6440
face
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יוֹאָ֖ב
Yôwʼâb
H3097
Joab
יָקֻֽמוּ
qûwm
H6965
to rise
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
Abner said to Joab, Please let the young men arise and play before us. Joab said, Let them arise.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Abner said to Joab, “May the young men now arise and play to our faces.” And Joab said, “May they arise.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).