Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day 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?
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?
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?
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 All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king's instigation. 38 Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel? 39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!"
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:50-51
The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the general in command of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
2 Samuel 2:8
Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 3:12
Then Abner sent messengers to David saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you."
Job 32:9
It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.