2 Samuel 4:7 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 4:7 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 →
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
הַבַּ֗יִת
bayith
H1004
house
וְהֽוּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
שֹׁכֵ֤ב
shâkab
H7901
to lie down
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
מִטָּתוֹ֙
miṭṭâh
H4296
bed
בַּחֲדַ֣ר
cheder
H2315
chamber
מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹ
mishkâb
H4904
bed
וַיַּכֻּ֨הוּ֙
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
וַיְמִתֻ֔הוּ
mûwth
H4191
to die
וַיָּסִ֖ירוּ
çûwr
H5493
to turn aside
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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רֹאשׁ֑וֹ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
וַיִּקְחוּ֙
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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רֹאשׁ֔וֹ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
דֶּ֥רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
הָעֲרָבָ֖ה
ʻărâbâh
H6160
wilderness
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַלָּֽיְלָה
layil
H3915
night
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
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King James Version Public Domain
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For they entered the house, and he was lying on his bed in the chamber of his bed, and they struck him, and they killed him, and they removed his head. And they took his head, and they walked the way of the Arabah all of the night.
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