2 Samuel 3:29

Bible › 2 Samuel › Chapter 3 › Verse 29

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”

In other translations

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”

Hebrew words

יָחֻלוּyachululet them whirlH2342עַל־'al-overH5921רֹאשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097וְאֶלve'eland toH413כָּל־kol-allH3605בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408יִכָּרֵתyikarethe be cut offH3772מִבֵּיתmibeitfrom [the] house ofH1004יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097זָבzav[one who] suffers a dischargeH2100וּמְצֹרָעumetzora'and [one who] has a skin diseaseH6879וּמַחֲזִיקumachazikand [one who] takes holdH2388בַּפֶּלֶךְbapelekhon the spindleH6418וְנֹפֵלvenofeland [one who] fallsH5307בַּחֶרֶבbacherevby the swordH2719וַחֲסַר־vachasar-and [one] lacking ofH2638לָחֶם׃lachembreadH3899

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Joab

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