2 Samuel 18:8
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
KJV
Fuit autem ibi prælium dispersum super faciem omnis terræ, et multo plures erant quos saltus consumpserat de populo, quam hi quos voraverat gladius in die illa.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐκεῖ ὁ πόλεμος διεσπαρμένος ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐπλεόνασεν ὁ δρυμὸς τοῦ καταφαγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ ὑπὲρ οὓς κατέφαγεν ἐν τῷ λαῷ ἡ μάχαιρα ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.
LXX
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
ASV
וַ/תְּהִי שָׁ֧ם הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֛ה נפצית נָפֹ֖צֶת עַל פְּנֵ֣י כָל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וַ/יֶּ֤רֶב הַ/יַּ֨עַר֙ לֶ/אֱכֹ֣ל בָּ/עָ֔ם מֵ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָכְלָ֛ה הַ/חֶ֖רֶב בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/הֽוּא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 15:10 — Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- Josh 10:11 — And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more whi