2 Samuel 3:27 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 3:27 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 →
וַיָּ֤שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אַבְנֵר֙
ʼAbnêr
H74
Abner
חֶבְר֔וֹן
Chebrôwn
H2275
Hebron
וַיַּטֵּ֤הוּ
nâṭâh
H5186
to stretch out
יוֹאָב֙
Yôwʼâb
H3097
Joab
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
תּ֣וֹךְ
tâvek
H8432
midst
הַשַּׁ֔עַר
shaʻar
H8179
gate
לְדַבֵּ֥ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אִתּ֖וֹ
ʼêth
H854
with
בַּשֶּׁ֑לִי
shᵉlîy
H7987
quietness
וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
שָׁם֙
shâm
H8033
there
הַחֹ֔מֶשׁ
chômesh
H2570
belly
וַיָּ֕מָת
mûwth
H4191
to die
בְּדַ֖ם
dâm
H1818
blood
עֲשָׂה
ʻĂsâhʼêl
H6214
Asahel
אֵ֥ל
ʻĂsâhʼêl
H6214
Asahel
אָחִֽיו
ʼâch
H251
brother
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World English Bible Public Domain
When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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King James Version Public Domain
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Abner returned Hebron, and Joab turned him aside to the middle of the gate to speak with him in quiet. And he struck him there the stomach, and he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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