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2 Samuel 3:39

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And I [am] this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah [be] too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

And I am this day {H3117} weak {H7390}, though anointed {H4886} king {H4428}; and these men {H582} the sons {H1121} of Zeruiah {H6870} be too hard {H7186} for me: the LORD {H3068} shall reward {H7999} the doer of evil {H6213} according to his wickedness {H7451}.

Even though I have just been anointed king, I feel weak today; and these men, the sons of Tz'ruyah, are too brutal for me. May ADONAI repay the criminal as his crime deserves!"

And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 101:8 (4 votes)

    I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

  • Psalms 28:4 (4 votes)

    Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

  • 1 Kings 2:33 (4 votes)

    Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

  • 1 Kings 2:34 (4 votes)

    So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

  • Proverbs 25:5 (3 votes)

    Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

  • Psalms 62:12 (3 votes)

    Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

  • 1 Kings 2:5 (3 votes)

    Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.