34Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil — Thou hast fallen!' and all the people add to weep over him.


In Context

31 And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who are with him, 'Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.

32 And they bury Abner in Hebron, and the king lifteth up his voice, and weepeth at the grave of Abner, and all the people weep;

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

34 Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil — Thou hast fallen!' and all the people add to weep over him.

35 And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, 'Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for — before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.'

36 And all the people have discerned it, and it is good in their eyes, as all that the king hath done is good in the eyes of all the people;

2 Samuel 3:34 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before wicked men." And all the people wept over him again.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Thy 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:34Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters; As a man falleth before wicked men, Fellest thou! And all the people wept again over him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.| All the people wept again over him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: as a man falls before wicked men, so fell you. And all the people wept again over him.