2 Samuel 18:11

La Bible David Martin

Et Joab répondit à celui qui lui disait ces nouvelles : Et voici, tu l'as vu, et pourquoi ne l'as-tu pas tué là, [le jetant] par terre? Et c'eût été à moi de te donner dix [pièces] d'argent, et une ceinture.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et Joab répondit à l'homme qui lui rapportait cela: Quoi! tu l'as vu? Et pourquoi ne l'as-tu pas abattu là, par terre? C'eût été à moi de te donner dix pièces d'argent et un baudrier.

Darby's French Translation
Et Joab dit à l'homme qui le lui rapportait: Et voici, tu l'as vu, et pourquoi ne l'as-tu pas abattu là par terre? Et c'eût été à moi de te donner dix pièces d'argent et une ceinture.

Louis Segond (1910)
Et Joab dit à l'homme qui lui apporta cette nouvelle: Tu l'as vu! pourquoi donc ne l'as-tu pas abattu sur place? Je t'aurais donné dix sicles d'argent et une ceinture.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joab said unto the man that told him,.... That gave the above account of him:

and, behold, thou sawest [him]; in reality; or, "didst thou see him?" is it a fact?

and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground; kill him on the spot, that he might have dropped from the tree to the ground:

and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver; on the news of it, for doing it, which was near twenty four shillings of our money; Josephus says i fifty shekels; the Arabic version has it ten thousand talents of silver, too great a sum by far:

and a girdle? which was a mark of great honour, and a token of a commission under him, and of investing: him with a military office; see

1 Samuel 18:4; it used to be given as an honorary reward to soldiers that behaved well, as on the contrary it was reckoned a reproach to be ungirt, or the girdle to be taken away k.

i Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10. sect. 2.) k Vide Lydium de re militare, l. 3. c. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ten shekels - (About 25 shillings.) The word “shekel” is understood, as in Genesis 20:16; Genesis 37:28. See the Exodus 38:24 note.

A girdle - Girdles were costly articles of Hebrew dress used to put money in Matthew 10:9, and given as presents 1 Samuel 18:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 18:11. And a girdle. — The military belt was the chief ornament of a soldier, and was highly prized in all ancient nations; it was also a rich present from one chieftain to another. Jonathan gave his to David, as the highest pledge of his esteem and perpetual friendship, 1 Samuel 18:4. And Ajax gave his to Hector, as a token of the highest respect. - Hom. Il. vii., ver. 305.