2 Samuel 14:6 Parallel Translations

I had two sons who quarreled in the field, and there was no one to separate them. One killed the other.(GOD'S WORD®)

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

ASV:

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

BBE:

And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

DBY:

And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

ERV:

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

JPS:

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

WBS:

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

WEB:

Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

YLT:

and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

2 Samuel 14:6 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 14:5 The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 14:7 "Now behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, 'Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.' Thus they will extinguish my coal which is left, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

14:6 And thy handmaid had two {c} sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
(c) Under this parable she describes the death of Amnon by Absalom.

MHC:

14:1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.

CONC:

Blow Bondmaid Death Deliverer Field Fight Fought Got Handmaid Killed Maidservant Maid-servant None Putteth Quarreled Separate Slew Smiteth Smote Sons Strive Strove Struck Struggled

Blow Bondmaid Death Deliverer Field Fight Handmaid Killed Maidservant Maid-Servant Part Putteth Quarreled Separate Servant Slew Smiteth Smote Strive Strove Struck Struggled Together

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