Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Did you not realize that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?
New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
King James Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Holman Bible
Then the king said to his soldiers, “You must know that a great leader has fallen in Israel today.
International Standard Version
The king reminded his staff, "Don't you know that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?
A Conservative Version
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
American Standard Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Amplified
Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
Bible in Basic English
And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?
Darby Translation
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Julia Smith Translation
And the king will say to his servants, Will ye not know that a chief and a great one fell this day in Israel?
King James 2000
And the king said unto his servants, Know you not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Modern King James verseion
And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king said unto his servants, "Know ye not, how that there is a lord, and that a great, fallen this day in Israel?
NET Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?
New Heart English Bible
The king said to his servants, "Do you not know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
The Emphasized Bible
And the king said unto his servants, - Will ye not take note that, a prince and a great man, hath fallen this day, in Israel?
Webster
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there hath a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
World English Bible
The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king saith unto his servants, 'Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 3:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abner Is Killed
37 Then all the people and all of Israel realized on that day that {the king had not desired} to kill Abner the son of Ner. 38 Then the king said to his servants, "Did you not realize that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel? 39 I [am] weak today even though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, [are] crueler than I [am]. May Yahweh pay them back for doing wickedness according to their [own] wickedness."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:50-51
The name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz, and the name of the commander of his army [was] Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, the commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-Bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over [to] Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 3:12
Abner sent messengers to David {where he was}, saying, "To whom does the land [belong]? {Make your covenant with me}! Look, my hand [is] with you to bring all of Israel over to you!"
Job 32:9
[It is] not {the aged} [who] are wise, or [it is not] [the] elders [who] understand justice.