KJV King James Version
Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
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2 Samuel 3:34
Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
WEB World English Bible
Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall.And all the people wept again over him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil—Thou hast fallen!’ and all the people add to weep over him.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 3
31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that [were] with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David [himself] followed the bier.
32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
34 Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
36 And all the people took notice [of it], and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
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יָדֶ֣ךָH3027 · yadhandלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotאֲסֻר֗וֹתH631 · a.sarto bindוְרַגְלֶ֙יךָ֙H7272 · re.gelfootלֹא־H3808 · lonotלִנְחֻשְׁתַּ֣יִםH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeהֻגָּ֔שׁוּH5066 · na.gashto approach: approachכִּנְפ֛וֹלH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childעַוְלָ֖הH5766 · e.velinjusticeנָפָ֑לְתָּH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallוַיֹּסִ֥פוּH3254 · ya.saphto add: againכָל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleלִבְכּ֥וֹתH1058 · ba.khahto weepעָלָֽיו׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
Judges 16:21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.Job 24:14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.Hosea 6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.Psalm 107:10-11Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;2 Samuel 1:12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
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