2 Samuel 2:26
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Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
In other translations
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
Hebrew words
וַיִּקְרָאvaiyikra'and he called outH7121אַבְנֵר'avnerAbnerH74אֶל־'el-toH413יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הֲלָנֶצַחhalanetzach¿ to perpetuityH5331תֹּאכַלtokhalwill it devourH398חֶרֶבcherev[the] swordH2719הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808יָדַעְתָּהyada'tahdo you know ?H3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588מָרָהmarahbitterH4751תִהְיֶהtihyehit will beH1961בָּאַחֲרוֹנָהba'acharonahat the lastH314וְעַד־ve'ad-and untilH5704מָתַיmataiwhen?H4970לֹא־lo'-notH3808תֹאמַרtomarwill you sayH559לָעָםla'amto the peopleH5971לָשׁוּבlashuvto turn backH7725מֵאַחֲרֵיme'achareifrom afterH310אֲחֵיהֶם׃'acheihembrothers theirH251
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 46:14Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
- Acts 7:26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
- Jeremiah 46:10For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Psalm 4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
- Jeremiah 4:21How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
- Isaiah 1:20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Job 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
- 2 Samuel 2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
- Jeremiah 12:12The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
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