Skip to main content

2 Samuel 10:11

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

KJV

Et ait Joab : Si prævaluerint adversum me Syri, eris mihi in adjutorium : si autem filii Ammon prævaluerint adversum te, auxiliabor tibi.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἐὰν κραταιωθῇ Συρία ὑπὲρ ἐμέ, καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν· καὶ ἐὰν υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν κραταιωθῶσιν ὑπὲρ σέ, καὶ ἐσόμεθα τοῦ σῶσαί σε.

LXX

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אִם תֶּחֱזַ֤ק אֲרָם֙ מִמֶּ֔/נִּי וְ/הָיִ֥תָה לִּ֖/י לִֽ/ישׁוּעָ֑ה וְ/אִם בְּנֵ֤י עַמּוֹן֙ יֶחֱזְק֣וּ מִמְּ/ךָ֔ וְ/הָלַכְתִּ֖י לְ/הוֹשִׁ֥יעַֽ לָֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָ֔ם
'rm
proper_noun · 133×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עַמּ֔וֹן
'mvn
proper_noun · 105×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gal 6:2 — Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
  • Judg 1:3 — And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
  • Prov 27:17 — Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.