Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner. 38 The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel? 39 I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:50-51
and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
2 Samuel 2:8
Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Samuel 3:12
Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, "Whose is the land?" and saying, "Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel around to you."
Job 32:9
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.