2 Samuel 3:35
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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.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!”
In other translations
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.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!”
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and it cameH935כָל־khol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971לְהַבְרוֹתlehavrotto make to eatH1262אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732לֶחֶםlechembreadH3899בְּעוֹדbe'odwhile stillH5750הַיּוֹםhaiyom<the> dayH3117וַיִּשָּׁבַעvaiyishava'and he swore an oathH7650דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559כֹּהkohthusH3541יַעֲשֶׂה־ya'aseh-may he doH6213לִּיlito <the> meאֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430וְכֹהvekhohand thusH3541יֹסִיףyosifmay he addH3254כִּיkithatH3588אִם־'im-exceptH518לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440בוֹא־vo'-goesH935הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhashemeshthe sunH8121אֶטְעַם־'et'am-I will tasteH2938לֶחֶםlechembreadH3899אוֹ'oorH176כָל־khol-allH3605מְאוּמָה׃me'umahanythingH3972
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 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.The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything 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.They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had 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.No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or 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.Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you 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.Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- 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.Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to 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.“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
- Ezekiel 24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
- 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;May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
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