Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and the king sang a lament for Abner:
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?
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?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king lamented over Abner and said, "Abner died not as a wretch dieth.
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abner Is Killed
32
When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept,
33 and the king sang a lament for Abner:
your feet not placed in bronze shackles.
You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.
And all the people wept over him even more.
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:17
David sang the following lament
2 Samuel 13:12-13
“Don’t, my brother!” she cried. “Don’t humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel.
2 Samuel 13:28-29
Now Absalom commanded his young men, “Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and courageous!”
2 Chronicles 35:25
Jeremiah chanted a dirge
Proverbs 18:7
and his lips are a trap for his life.
Ecclesiastes 2:15-16
So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?”
Jeremiah 17:11
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
Luke 12:19-20