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1 Kings 2:44

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

KJV

Dixitque rex ad Semei : Tu nosti omne malum cujus tibi conscium est cor tuum, quod fecisti David patri meo : reddidit Dominus malitiam tuam in caput tuum :

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς Σεμεεί Σὺ οἶδας πᾶσαν τὴν κακίαν σου ἣν ἔγνω ἡ καρδία σου, ἃ ἐποίησας τῷ Δαυεὶδ τῷ πατρί μου· καὶ ἀνταπέδωκεν Κύριος τὴν κακίαν σου εἰς κεφαλήν σου.

LXX

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל שִׁמְעִ֗י אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֨עְתָּ֙ אֵ֣ת כָּל הָ/רָעָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָדַע֙ לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ לְ/דָוִ֣ד אָבִ֑/י וְ/הֵשִׁ֧יב יְהוָ֛ה אֶת רָעָתְ/ךָ֖ בְּ/רֹאשֶֽׁ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People DavidShimei

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁמְעִֽי
shm'y
proper_noun · 44×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:20 — For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
  • 1Kgs 2:32 — And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son
  • 1Sam 25:39 — And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath return
  • 1Sam 25:39 — And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath return
  • 2Sam 16:5 — And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
  • Eccl 7:22 — For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
  • Ezek 17:19 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
  • Hos 4:9 — And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
  • John 8:9 — And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
  • John 8:9 — And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
  • Prov 5:22 — His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
  • Prov 11:6 — The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
  • Ps 7:16 — His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
  • Ps 109:20 — Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
  • Rom 2:15 — Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
  • Rom 2:15 — Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)