Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king lamented over Abner and said, "Abner died not as a wretch dieth.
New American Standard Bible
“Should Abner die as a fool dies?
King James Version
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
Holman Bible
and the king sang a lament for Abner:
International Standard Version
The king composed this mourning song for Abner: "Should Abner's death be like a fool's?
A Conservative Version
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?
American Standard Version
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
Amplified
And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said,
Bible in Basic English
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?
Darby Translation
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
Julia Smith Translation
And the king will lament for Abner, and he will say, As the fool died will Abner die?
King James 2000
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies?
Lexham Expanded Bible
The king sang a lament for Abner and said, "Should Abner have died the death of a fool?
Modern King James verseion
And the king mourned over Abner and said, Did Abner die like a fool dies?
NET Bible
The king chanted the following lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died like a fool?
New Heart English Bible
The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
The Emphasized Bible
And the king addressed his dirge unto Abner, and said, - As a base man dieth, should Abner have died?
Webster
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
World English Bible
The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Youngs Literal Translation
and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?
Themes
Abner » Murdered by joab; david's sorrow for
Burial » Orations sometimes made at
Mourning » David's lamentations over » The death of abner
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 3:33
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Context Readings
Abner Is Killed
32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, the king lifted up his voice and wept over the sepulchre of Abner, and so did all the people. 33 And the king lamented over Abner and said, "Abner died not as a wretch dieth. 34 Thy hands were not manacled nor thy feet brought into fetters: but as men fall before wicked children, so fellest thou." And all the people wept yet more over him.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 1:17
And David sang this song of mourning over Saul and Jonathan his son,
2 Samuel 13:12-13
And she answered him, "Nay, my brother, do not force me, for it ought not to be so in Israel. Do not this folly.
2 Samuel 13:28-29
Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."
2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented Josiah, and all singing men and singing women speak of Josiah to this day, and made it an ordinance in Israel: and they be written in lamentations.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are the snare for his own soul.
Ecclesiastes 2:15-16
Then thought I in my mind, "If it happeneth unto the fool as it doth unto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdom?" So I confessed within my heart, that this also was but vanity.
Jeremiah 17:11
The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.
Luke 12:19-20
and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'