Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And the king mourned over Abner and said, Did Abner die like a fool dies?
New American Standard Bible
“Should Abner die as a fool dies?
King James Version
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
Holman Bible
and the king sang a lament for Abner:
International Standard Version
The king composed this mourning song for Abner: "Should Abner's death be like a fool's?
A Conservative Version
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?
American Standard Version
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
Amplified
And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said,
Bible in Basic English
And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?
Darby Translation
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
Julia Smith Translation
And the king will lament for Abner, and he will say, As the fool died will Abner die?
King James 2000
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies?
Lexham Expanded Bible
The king sang a lament for Abner and said, "Should Abner have died the death of a fool?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king lamented over Abner and said, "Abner died not as a wretch dieth.
NET Bible
The king chanted the following lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died like a fool?
New Heart English Bible
The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
The Emphasized Bible
And the king addressed his dirge unto Abner, and said, - As a base man dieth, should Abner have died?
Webster
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
World English Bible
The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Youngs Literal Translation
and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?
Themes
Abner » Murdered by joab; david's sorrow for
Burial » Orations sometimes made at
Mourning » David's lamentations over » The death of abner
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 3:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abner Is Killed
32 And they buried Abner in Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner. And all the people wept. 33 And the king mourned over Abner and said, Did Abner die like a fool dies? 34 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters; as a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 1:17
And David chanted this death dirge over Saul and over his son Jonathan.
2 Samuel 13:12-13
And she answered him, No, my brother, do not humble me. For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not do this folly.
2 Samuel 13:28-29
And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.
2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah mourned for Josiah. And all the singing men and the singing women have spoken of Josiah in their lamentations until this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel. And behold, they are written in the Lamentations.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Ecclesiastes 2:15-16
Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
Jeremiah 17:11
The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry.