2 Samuel 4:11
ContextNET © | Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept 1 in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove 2 you from the earth?” |
NIV © | How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!" |
NASB © | "How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand and destroy you from the earth?" |
NLT © | Now what reward should I give the wicked men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Should I not also demand your very lives?" |
MSG © | And now you show up--evil men who killed an innocent man in cold blood, a man asleep in his own house! Don't think I won't find you guilty of murder and rid the country of you!" |
BBE © | How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth? |
NRSV © | How much more then, when wicked men have killed a righteous man on his bed in his own house! And now shall I not require his blood at your hand, and destroy you from the earth?" |
NKJV © | "How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?" |
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NET © | Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept 1 in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove 2 you from the earth?” |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “on his bed.” 2 tn See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער. Some derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to burn; to consume.” |