Parallel Verses
King James Version
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
New American Standard Bible
Then the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in
Holman Bible
Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
International Standard Version
David's army left for the battlefield to fight Absalom and his Israeli followers, and they also fought in the Ephraim forest,
A Conservative Version
So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
American Standard Version
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Amplified
So the men went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
Bible in Basic English
So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.
Darby Translation
And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Julia Smith Translation
And the people will go forth to the field to the meeting of Israel: and the war will be in the forest of Ephraim;
King James 2000
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim;
Lexham Expanded Bible
The army went out to the field to meet Israel, and the battle was [fought] in the forest of Ephraim.
Modern King James verseion
And the people went out into the field against Israel. And the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim:
NET Bible
Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
New Heart English Bible
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
The Emphasized Bible
So the people went forth into the field against Israel, - and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
Webster
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
World English Bible
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 18:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Dies In Battle
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. 6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; 7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
Cross References
Joshua 17:18
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 17:15
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
Judges 12:4-6
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.