2 Samuel 21:5 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 21:5 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 →
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
הָאִישׁ֙
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
כִּלָּ֔נוּ
kâlâh
H3615
to finish
וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
דִּמָּה
dâmâh
H1819
to resemble
לָ֑נוּ
נִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּ
shâmad
H8045
to destroy
מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב
yâtsab
H3320
to stand
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
גְּבֻ֥ל
gᵉbûwl
H1366
border
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
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World English Bible Public Domain
They said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
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King James Version Public Domain
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said to the king, “The man who ended us and who intended against us we should be destroyed from stationing ourselves in all of the border of Israel,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).