2 Samuel 21:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
In context
3 So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”
4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
5 And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
6 let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
7 Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
- KJV King James Version
- And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
- WEB World English Bible
- They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And they say unto the king, 'The man who consumed us, and who devised against us — we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel —
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining within the borders of Israel,