KJV King James Version
And I [am] this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah [be] too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
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2 Samuel 3:39
And I [am] this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah [be] too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
WEB World English Bible
I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
ASV American Standard Version
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I to-day am tender, and an anointed king: and these men, sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me; Jehovah doth recompense to the doer of the evil according to his evil.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 3
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?
39 And I [am] this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah [be] too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
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וְאָנֹכִ֨יH595 · a.no.khiIהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayרַךְ֙H7390 · rakhtenderוּמָשׁ֣וּחַH4886 · ma.shachto anointמֶ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְהָאֲנָשִׁ֥יםH582 · e.noshhumanהָאֵ֛לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childצְרוּיָ֖הH6870 · tse.ru.yahZeruiahקָשִׁ֣יםH7186 · qa.shehsevereמִמֶּ֑נִּיH4480 · minfromיְשַׁלֵּ֧םH7999 · sa.lemto completeיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְעֹשֵׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doהָרָעָ֖הH7451 · rabad: harmfulכְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ פH7451 · rabad: harmful
Cross-references
Psalm 28:4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.Psalm 101:8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.Psalm 62:12Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.1 Kings 2:33-34Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.Proverbs 25:5Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.1 Kings 2:5-6Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.2 Chronicles 19:6-7And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:Romans 13:4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.2 Samuel 19:5-7And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;1 Chronicles 2:15-16Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:2 Samuel 19:13And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.Psalm 75:10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.Isaiah 7:4And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.Exodus 21:12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.Psalm 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
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