33And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.


In Context

30 So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.

31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept.

33 And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.

34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet laden with fetters: but as men fall before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him.

35 And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset.

2 Samuel 3:33 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:33The king sang this lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:33And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:33And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:33The king lamented for Abner, and said, |Should Abner die as a fool dies?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:33and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: — 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies?