KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 3:35
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
WEB World English Bible
All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down.”
ASV American Standard Version
And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, ‘Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for—before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 3
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.
38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
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וַיָּבֹ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeכָל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֗םH5971 · ampeopleלְהַבְר֧וֹתH1262 · ba.rahto eatאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דָּוִ֛דH1732 · da.vidDavidלֶ֖חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodבְּע֣וֹדH5750 · odstillהַיּ֑וֹםH3117 · yomdayוַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עH7650 · sha.vato swearדָּוִ֜דH1732 · da.vidDavidלֵאמֹ֗רH559 · a.marto sayכֹּ֣הH3541 · kohthusיַעֲשֶׂה־H6213 · a.sahto make: doלִּ֤יH9030 · nimeאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodוְכֹ֣הH3541 · kohthusיֹסִ֔יףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאִם־H518 · imifלִפְנֵ֧יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeבֽוֹא־H935 · boto come (in): comeהַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁH8121 · she.meshsunאֶטְעַם־H2938 · ta.amto perceiveלֶ֖חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodא֥וֹH176 · oorכָל־H3605 · kolallמְאֽוּמָה׃H3972 · me.u.mahanything
Cross-references
2 Samuel 12:17And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.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.Jeremiah 16:7Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.Ruth 1:17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.Ezekiel 24:17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men.Judges 20:26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.1 Samuel 3:17And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.Ezekiel 24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men.2 Samuel 3:9So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
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