Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, 'Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
New American Standard Bible
When a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
King James Version
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
Holman Bible
One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
International Standard Version
When one of the soldiers saw what had happened, he told Joab, "I saw Absalom stuck in an oak tree!"
A Conservative Version
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
American Standard Version
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
Amplified
A certain man saw it and informed Joab, saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”
Bible in Basic English
And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.
Darby Translation
And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.
Julia Smith Translation
And one man will see and announce to Joab, and say, Behold, I saw Absalom suspended in an oak
King James 2000
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When a certain man saw [it], he told Joab, and he said, "Look, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak tree!"
Modern King James verseion
And a certain man saw and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And one that saw it told Joab, saying, "Behold, I saw Absalom hang in an oak."
NET Bible
When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, "I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.
New Heart English Bible
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."
The Emphasized Bible
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, - and said - Lo! I saw Absolom suspended in an oak.
Webster
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
World English Bible
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."
Themes
Ephraim » Forest » East » Jordon river » Absalom » Killed
Oak Trees » Absalom in his flight intercepted by, and suspended from
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 18:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Dies In Battle
9 And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that is under him hath passed on. 10 And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, 'Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.' 11 And Joab saith to the man who is declaring it to him, 'And lo, thou hast seen -- and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth -- and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?'