2 Samuel 3:34

Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.

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WEBBE

Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.

BSB

Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

KJV

Thy 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.

ASV

Thy 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.

BBE

Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.

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יָדֶךָ ya·de·kha hand your H3027 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 אֲסֻרוֹת 'a·su·rot [were] bound H631 וְרַגְלֶיךָ ve·rag·lei·kha and feet your H7272 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 לִנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם lin·chush·ta·yim to bronze fetters H5178 הֻגָּשׁוּ hu·ga·shu they were brought near H5066 כִּנְפוֹל kin·fol as falls H5307 לִפְנֵי lif·nei (to) before H6440 בְנֵי־ ve·nei- sons of H1121 עַוְלָה 'av·lah injustice H5766 נָפָלְתָּ na·fal·ta you have fallen H5307 וַיֹּסִפוּ vai·yo·si·fu and they repeated H3254 כָל־ khol- all H3605 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 לִבְכּוֹת liv·kot to weep H1058 עָלָיו 'a·lav on him H5921

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 22–39

Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be fond of power, when a man may have the name of it, and must be accountable for it, yet is hampered in the use of it? David ought to have done his duty, and then trusted God with the issue. Carnal policy spared Joab. The Son of David may long delay, but never fails to punish impenitent sinners. He who now reigns upon the throne of David, has a kingdom of a nobler kind. Whatever He doeth, is noticed by all his willing people, and is pleasing to them.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.