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2 Samuel 11:25

Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

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ASV

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

KJV

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
דָּוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמַּלְאָ֗ךְha.mal.'Akhthe messengerH4397 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
תֹאמַ֤רto.Maryou will sayH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יוֹאָב֙yo.'AvJoabH3097 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
יֵרַ֤עye.Ra'it be displeasingH7489 →
בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַדָּבָ֣רha.da.Varthe thingH1697 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
כָזֹ֥הkha.Zohlike thisH2090 →
וְכָזֶ֖הve.kha.Zehand like thisH2088 →
תֹּאכַ֣לto.Khalit devoursH398 →
הֶחָ֑רֶבhe.Cha.revthe swordH2719 →
הַחֲזֵ֨קha.cha.ZekstrengthenH2388 →
מִלְחַמְתְּךָ֧mil.cham.te.Khabattle yourH4421 →
אֶל־'el-againstH413 →
הָעִ֛ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
וְהָרְסָ֖הּve.ha.re.Sahand tear down itH2040 →
וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃ve.cha.ze.Ke.huand encourage himH2388 →

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2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.1 Samuel 6:9but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”Joshua 7:8–9O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?Ecclesiastes 9:1–3So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.2 Samuel 12:26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.2 Samuel 12:1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”Judges 20:22But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.Ecclesiastes 9:11–12I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

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