2 Samuel 2:21 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 2:21 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 →
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
ל֣וֹ
אַבְנֵ֗ר
ʼAbnêr
H74
Abner
נְטֵ֤ה
nâṭâh
H5186
to stretch out
לְךָ֙
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
יְמִֽינְךָ֙
yâmîyn
H3225
right hand
א֣וֹ
ʼôw
H176
or
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָ
sᵉmôʼwl
H8040
left
וֶאֱחֹ֣ז
ʼâchaz
H270
to grasp
לְךָ֗
אֶחָד֙
ʼechâd
H259
one
מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים
naʻar
H5288
boy
וְקַח
lâqach
H3947
to take
לְךָ֖
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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חֲלִצָת֑וֹ
chălîytsâh
H2488
spoils
וְלֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
אָבָ֣ה
ʼâbâh
H14
to be willing
עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל
ʻĂsâhʼêl
H6214
Asahel
לָס֖וּר
çûwr
H5493
to turn aside
מֵאַחֲרָֽיו
ʼachar
H310
after
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World English Bible Public Domain
Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Abner said to him, “Turn aside for yourself to your right or to your left and seize for yourself one of the young men and take for yourself his spoil.” But Asahel was not willing to turn from behind him.
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