7And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!


In Context

4 And the king said to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly bow myself: may I find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.

5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed,

6 and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

7 And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!

8 Jehovah has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and behold, thou art taken in thine own evil, for thou art a man of blood.

9 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

2 Samuel 16:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:7As he cursed, Shimei said, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you scoundrel!

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and man of Belial:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7Shimei said when he cursed, |Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7And thus said Shimei in his reviling, 'Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: