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


In Context

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

19 Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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

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

22 Abner said again to Asahel, |Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?|

23 However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. It happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

2 Samuel 2:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Then Abner said to him, "Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons." But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Abner said to him: Go to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold on one of the young men and take thee his spoils. But Asael would not leave off following him close.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside, to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold of one of the young men, and take for thyself his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take to thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And Abner saith to him, 'Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and seize for thee one of the youths, and take to thee his armour;' and Asahel hath not been willing to turn aside from after him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And 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.