20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am.


In Context

17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am.

21 And Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I smite you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?

2 Samuel 2:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Abner looked behind him and asked, "Is that you, Asahel?" "It is," he answered.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, [Art] thou Asahel? And he answered, I [am. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And Abner looked behind him, and said: Art thou Asael? And he answered: I am.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he said, I am.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, |Is it you, Asahel?| He answered, |It is I.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20And Abner looketh behind him, and saith, 'Art thou he — Asahel?' and he saith, 'I am.'