2 Samuel 20:6 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 20:6 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
דָּוִד֙
Dâvid
H1732
David
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲבִישַׁ֔י
ʼĂbîyshay
H52
Abishai
עַתָּ֗ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
יֵ֧רַֽע
yâraʻ
H3415
to tremble
לָ֛נוּ
שֶׁ֥בַע
shebaʻ
H7652
Sheba
בֶּן
bên
H1121
son
בִּכְרִ֖י
Bikrîy
H1075
Bichri
מִן
min
H4480
from
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
H53
Absalom
אַ֠תָּה
ʼattâh
H859
you
קַ֞ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
עַבְדֵ֤י
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אֲדֹנֶ֨יךָ֙
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
וּרְדֹ֣ף
râdaph
H7291
to pursue
אַחֲרָ֔יו
ʼachar
H310
after
פֶּן
pên
H6435
lest
מָ֥צָא
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
ל֛וֹ
עָרִ֥ים
ʻîyr
H5892
city
בְּצֻר֖וֹת
bâtsar
H1219
to fortify
וְהִצִּ֥יל
nâtsal
H5337
to rescue
עֵינֵֽנוּ
ʻayin
H5869
eye
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
David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
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King James Version Public Domain
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba, the son of Bichri, will harm us more than Absalom. You, take the servants of your lord and pursue after him, lest he find fortified cities for himself and remove our eyes.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).