2 Samuel 3:33
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?In other versions
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
ASV
And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?
BBE
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
DBY
The king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?
WEB
and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- `As the death of a fool doth Abner die?
YLT
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies?
ENG
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
WBT
And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
BSB
In context
31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
32And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
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.
35And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Abner