2 Samuel 3:38

Amplified Bible

Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king said to his soldiers, “You must know that a great leader has fallen in Israel today.

Hebrew Names Version
The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Yisra'el?

King James Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Lexham English Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Did you not realize that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?

English Standard Version
And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New Century Version
David said to his officers, "You know that a great man died today in Israel.

New English Translation
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a leader and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto his seruants, Know ye not, that there is a prince & a great man falle this day in Israel?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Contemporary English Version
David said to his officials, "Don't you realize that today one of Israel's great leaders has died?

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said to his servants, "You realize that a leader, a great man, has fallen today in Isra'el.

Darby Translation
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Easy-to-Read Version
King David said to his officers, "You know that a very important leader died today in Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to the people, Do you not know that there is a great prince fallen this day in Israel?

Good News Translation
The king said to his officials, "Don't you realize that this day a great leader in Israel has died?

Literal Translation
And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a leader and a great one has fallen this day in Israel?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge sayde vnto his seruauntes: Knowe ye not that this daye a prynce and a greate man is fallen in Israel?

American Standard Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Bible in Basic English
And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king said vnto his seruauntes: Knowe ye not howe that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said unto his servants: 'Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

King James Version (1611)
And the King said vnto his seruants, Knowe yee not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that a great prince is this day fallen in Israel?

English Revised Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Berean Standard Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the kyng seide to hise seruauntis, Whether ye witen not, that the prince and gretteste felde doun to dai in Israel?

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?

Update Bible Version
And the king said to his slaves, Don't you know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there hath a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

World English Bible
The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New King James Version
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New Living Translation
Then King David said to his officials, "Don't you realize that a great commander has fallen today in Israel?

New Life Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a leader, and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New Revised Standard
And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said unto his servants, - Will ye not take note that, a prince and a great man, hath fallen this day, in Israel?

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and a great man is slain this day in Israel?

Revised Standard Version
And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

THE MESSAGE
The king spoke to his servants: "You realize, don't you, that today a prince and hero fell victim of foul play in Israel? And I, though anointed king, was helpless to do anything about it. These sons of Zeruiah are too much for me. God , requite the criminal for his crime!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Contextual Overview

²²Then the servants of David came with Joab from a raid and brought a great quantity of spoil with them; but Abner was not with David at Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. ²³When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they told Joab, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace." ²⁴Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why did you send him away, so that he is already gone? ²⁵"You know Abner the son of Ner, that he [only] came to deceive you [with flattering words] and to learn of your going out and coming in, and to find out what you are doing." ²⁶When Joab left David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David knew nothing [about Joab's action]. ²⁷So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he struck Abner in the abdomen so that he died, to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab's brother. ²⁸Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. ²⁹"Let the guilt fall on the head of Joab and on all his father's house (family); and may there never disappear from the house of Joab one who suffers with a discharge or one who is a leper or one who walks with a crutch [being unfit for war], or one who falls by the sword, or one who lacks food." ³⁰So Joab and Abishai his brother murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon. ³¹Then David said to Joab and to all the people with him, "Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner." And King David walked behind the bier.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a prince: 2 Samuel 3:12, 2 Samuel 2:8, 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:51, Job 32:9

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said unto his servants,.... His courtiers, giving a reason why he mourned as he did; or "had said" w, and so is a reason why the people concluded, and were fully satisfied, he had no hand in his death; but the first is best, because what follows was said not to the people at the grave, but to his servants at court:

know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? a "prince", being of the royal family, his father was Saul's uncle, and he his own cousin; a "great" man, being general of the army, a very valiant and skilful commander, a man of great wisdom and parts. David says nothing of his grace and virtue, only of his grandeur, his high birth and civil excellencies; he praises him in what he was commendable, and proceeds no further; and this was sufficient to show there was just cause of mourning on civil accounts; and this they might easily know and perceive, that the fall or death of such a man, which had that day happened in Israel, was a public loss, and matter of lamentation; and the rather as he was employing all his excellent talents in civil affairs, and all his interest in the people of Israel, to unite them to Judah, and bring them under the government of David.

w יואמר "nam dixerat", Junius & Tremellius.