8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.


In Context

5 And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom.

6 So the people went out into the field against Israel and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

7 And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.

8 And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.

9 And it happened that Absalom met he servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and he earth, the mule on which he rode passed on.

10 And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.

2 Samuel 18:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:8The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8And the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.