KJV King James Version
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a girdle.
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2 Samuel 18:11
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a girdle.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
WEB World English Bible
Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joab saith to the man who is declaring it to him, ‘And lo, thou hast seen—and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth—and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 18
8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away.
10 And a certain man saw [it], and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a girdle.
12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [shekels] of silver in mine hand, [yet] would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none [touch] the young man Absalom.
13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me].
14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיוֹאָ֗בH3097 · yo.avJoabלָאִישׁ֙H376 · ishmanהַמַּגִּ֣ידH5046 · na.gadto tellל֔וֹH9033 · ohimוְהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdרָאִ֔יתָH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוּמַדּ֛וּעַH4069 · mad.du.awhy?לֹֽא־H3808 · lonotהִכִּית֥וֹH5221 · na.khahto smiteשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereאָ֑רְצָהH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְעָלַ֗יH5921 · aluponלָ֤תֶתH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְךָ֙H9031 · kayouעֲשָׂ֣רָהH6235 · e.sertenכֶ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוַחֲגֹרָ֖הH2290 · cha.gorbeltאֶחָֽת׃H259 · e.chadone
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