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King James Version

2 Samuel 21:5

And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covenant;   David;   Gibeon;   Saul;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gibeonites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mephibosheth;   Rizpah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Murder;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Gibeon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Joshua;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Beeroth;   Court Systems;   Gibeon;   Mephibosheth;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Haggai;   Israel;   Rizpah;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ransom (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gibeonites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gibeon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gib'eonites, the,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heredity;   Salvation;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Crime;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They replied to the king, “As for the man who annihilated us and plotted to destroy us so we would not exist within the whole territory of Israel,
Hebrew Names Version
They said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Yisra'el,
Lexham English Bible
Then they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who plotted against us so that we were destroyed from existing in all of the territory of Israel,
English Standard Version
They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel,
New Century Version
The Gibeonites said, "Saul made plans against us and tried to destroy all our people who are left in the land of Israel.
New English Translation
They replied to the king, "As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel—
Amplified Bible
So they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to exterminate us from remaining in any territory of Israel,
New American Standard Bible
So they said to the king, "The man who destroyed us and who planned to eliminate us so that we would not exist within any border of Israel—
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they answered the King, The man that consumed vs and that imagined euill against vs, so that we are destroyed from remaining in any coast of Israel,
Legacy Standard Bible
So they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who planned to eradicate us from standing within any border of Israel,
Contemporary English Version
They replied, "Saul tried to kill all our people so that none of us would be left in the land of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
They answered the king, "The man who ruined us, who schemed against us so that we would cease to exist anywhere in Isra'el's territory —
Darby Translation
And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Gibeonites said to King David, "The person who plotted against us was Saul. He is the one who tried to destroy all our people living in the land of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And they said to the king, The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us so that we should not remain in all the territory of Israel,
Good News Translation
They answered, "Saul wanted to destroy us and leave none of us alive anywhere in Israel.
Literal Translation
And they said to the king, The man who destroyed us and schemed against us that we be wasted from standing in all the border of Israel was Saul .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They sayde vnto ye kynge: The man that hath destroyed vs and broughte vs to naughte, shulde we destroye, that nothinge be lefte him in all the coastes of Israel.
American Standard Version
And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
Bible in Basic English
And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They aunswered the king: The man that consumed vs, and imagined to bring vs to naught, that we are destroyed from remaining in any of the coastes of Israel:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they said unto the king: 'The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, so that we have been destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
King James Version (1611)
And they answered the king, The man that consumed vs, and that deuised against vs, that we should be destroied from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.
English Revised Version
And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
Berean Standard Bible
And they answered the king, "As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whiche seiden to the king, We owen to do awei so the man, that `al to brak ethir defoulide vs, and oppresside wickidli, that not oon sotheli be residue of his generacioun in alle the coostis of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us -- we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel --
Update Bible Version
And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
Webster's Bible Translation
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us [that] we should be destroyed from remaining within the borders of Israel,
World English Bible
They said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
New King James Version
Then they answered the king, "As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the territories of Israel,
New Living Translation
Then they replied, "It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel.
New Life Bible
So they said to the king, "Saul destroyed us and planned to keep us from staying in any land of Israel.
New Revised Standard
They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said they unto the king, The man who consumed us, and who thought to have destroyed us from taking a place within any of the bounds of Israel,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said to the king: The man that crushed us and oppressed us unjustly, we must destroy in such manner that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel,
THE MESSAGE
Then they told the king, "The man who tried to get rid of us, who schemed to wipe us off the map of Israel—well, let seven of his sons be handed over to us to be executed—hanged before God at Gibeah of Saul, the holy mountain." And David agreed, "I'll hand them over to you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel,

Contextual Overview

1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord . And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord ? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord 's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord : and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The man: 2 Samuel 21:1, Esther 9:24, Esther 9:25, Matthew 7:2

devised: or, cut us off, Daniel 9:26

Cross-References

Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Romans 4:19
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they answered the king,.... Declaring expressly what they would have done: the man that consumed us; meaning Saul, who lessened their number by cruel oppressions of some, and by taking away the lives of others:

and that devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel; who had formed schemes, and published edicts, for banishing them out of the land; perhaps at the same time that he put away wizards and those that had familiar spirits out of the land, under the same pretence for zeal for the glory of God, and the good of the people of the land, 1 Samuel 28:3.


 
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