2 Samuel 4:10 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 4:10 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 →
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
הַמַּגִּיד֩
nâgad
H5046
to make known
לִ֨י
לֵאמֹ֜ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הִנֵּה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
מֵ֣ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
שָׁא֗וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
וְהֽוּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
הָיָ֤ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כִמְבַשֵּׂר֙
bâsar
H1319
to preach
בְּעֵינָ֔יו
ʻayin
H5869
eye
וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה
ʼâchaz
H270
to grasp
ב֔וֹ
וָאֶהְרְגֵ֖הוּ
hârag
H2026
to kill
בְּצִֽקְלָ֑ג
Tsiqlag
H6860
Ziklag
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לְתִתִּי
nâthan
H5414
to give
ל֖וֹ
בְּשֹׂרָֽה
bᵉsôwrâh
H1309
good news
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World English Bible Public Domain
when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
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King James Version Public Domain
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
that the one declaring to me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and in his eyes he was like a bringer of news, that I seized him, and I killed him at Ziklag, which me giving him a reward for good news.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).