2 Samuel 21:21

Contemporary English Version

But when he made fun of Israel, David's nephew Jonathan killed him. Jonathan was the son of David's brother Shimei.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.

Hebrew Names Version
When he defied Yisra'el, Yonatan the son of Shim`i, David's brother, killed him.

King James Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

Lexham English Bible
He taunted Israel but Jonathan the son of Shimei, the brother of David, killed him.

English Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

New Century Version
When he challenged Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David's brother, killed him.

New English Translation
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimeah, killed him.

Amplified Bible
And when he taunted and defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

New American Standard Bible
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck and killed him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when hee reuiled Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shima the brother of Dauid slewe him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

Complete Jewish Bible
When he mocked Isra'el, Y'honatan the son of Shim‘ah David's brother killed him.

Darby Translation
And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

Easy-to-Read Version
This man challenged Israel and made fun of them, but Jonathan killed this man. (This was Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimei.)

George Lamsa Translation
And when he had defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

Good News Translation
He defied the Israelites, and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shammah, killed him.

Literal Translation
And he cursed Israel; and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimeah, struck him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he spake despitefully vnto Israel, Ionathas ye sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him.

American Standard Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, slew him.

Bible in Basic English
And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he defyed Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Simea the brother of Dauid slue him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

King James Version (1611)
And when he defied Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shimea the brother of Dauid, slew him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, smote him.

English Revised Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei David’s brother slew him.

Berean Standard Bible
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David's brother Shimei killed him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he blasfemyde Israel; sotheli Jonathan, sone of Samaa, brother of Dauid, killide hym.

Young's Literal Translation
and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David;

Update Bible Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, slew him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

World English Bible
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

New King James Version
So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, 1 Samuel 16:9 and elsewhere">[fn] David's brother, killed him.

New Living Translation
But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea.

New Life Bible
When he spoke against Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

New Revised Standard
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David's brother Shimei, killed him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah David's brother, smote, him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samae the brother of David slew him.

Revised Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shim'e-i, David's brother, slew him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ One time David got very tired when he and his soldiers were fighting the Philistines. ¹⁶ One of the Philistine warriors was Ishbibenob, who was a descendant of the Rephaim, and he tried to kill David. Ishbibenob was armed with a new sword, and his bronze spearhead alone weighed seven and a half pounds. ¹⁷ But Abishai came to the rescue and killed the Philistine. David's soldiers told him, "We can't let you risk your life in battle anymore! You give light to our nation, and we want that flame to keep burning." ¹⁸ There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, where Sibbecai from Hushah killed a descendant of the Rephaim named Saph. ¹⁹ There was still another battle with the Philistines at Gob. A soldier named Elhanan killed Goliath from Gath, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam. Elhanan's father was Jari from Bethlehem. ²⁰ There was another war, this time in Gath. One of the enemy soldiers was a descendant of the Rephaim. He was as big as a giant and had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. ²¹ But when he made fun of Israel, David's nephew Jonathan killed him. Jonathan was the son of David's brother Shimei. ²² David and his soldiers killed these four men who were descendants of the Rephaim from Gath.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

defied: or, reproached, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, 2 Kings 19:13

Jonathan: 1 Chronicles 27:32

Shimeah: 1 Samuel 16:9, 1 Samuel 17:3, Shammah, 1 Chronicles 2:13, Shimma

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:7 - defy Israel 1 Samuel 17:13 - Shammah

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac,

Genesis 21:4
and when the boy was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, just as the Lord had commanded.

Genesis 21:34
Then Abraham lived a long time as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines.

Numbers 10:12
So the Israelites broke camp and left the Sinai Desert. And some time later, the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.

Numbers 12:16
Then they left Hazeroth and set up camp in the Paran Desert.

Numbers 13:3
So Moses sent twelve tribal leaders from Israel's camp in the Paran Desert

Numbers 13:26
the twelve men returned to Kadesh in the Paran Desert and told Moses, Aaron, and the people what they had seen. They showed them the fruit

Judges 14:2
When he got back home, he told his parents, "I saw a Philistine woman in Timnah, and I want to marry her. Get her for me!"

1 Samuel 25:1
Samuel died, and people from all over Israel gathered to mourn for him when he was buried at his home in Ramah. Meanwhile, David moved his camp to Paran Desert.

1 Corinthians 7:38
It is perfectly all right to marry, but it is better not to get married at all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he defied Israel,.... The armies of Israel, as Goliath had done some years ago, 1 Samuel 17:10;

Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him; this brother of David is called Shammah, 1 Samuel 16:9; and Shimma, 1 Chronicles 2:13; this son of his is another man from Jonadab his son, who was famous for his subtlety as this was for his valour, 2 Samuel 13:3. The Jews say d this was Nathan the prophet, a son of Shammah.

d Hieron. Trad. Heb. fol. 76. D.