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.


In Context

5 and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, 'Gently — for me, for the youth, for Absalom;' and all the people heard in the king's charging all the heads concerning Absalom.

6 And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

7 and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day — twenty thousand;

8 and 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.

9 And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that is under him hath passed on.

10 And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, 'Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:8And 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.

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 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.