2 Samuel 2:22
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
KJV
Rursumque locutus est Abner ad Asaël : Recede, noli me sequi, ne compellar confodere te in terram, et levare non potero faciem meam ad Joab fratrem tuum.
Vulgate
καὶ προσέθετο ἔτι Ἀβεννὴρ λέγων τῷ Ἀσαήλ Ἀπόστηθι ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα μὴ πατάξω σε εἰς τὴν γῆν· καὶ πῶς ἀρῶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου πρὸς Ἰωάβ;
LXX
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֧סֶף ע֣וֹד אַבְנֵ֗ר לֵ/אמֹר֙ אֶל עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל ס֥וּר לְ/ךָ֖ מֵ/אַֽחֲרָ֑/י לָ֤/מָּה אַכֶּ֨/כָּה֙ אַ֔רְצָ/ה וְ/אֵיךְ֙ אֶשָּׂ֣א פָנַ֔/י אֶל יוֹאָ֖ב אָחִֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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Cross-references
- 1Sam 19:17 — And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
- 2Sam 3:27 — And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- Ps 143:3 — For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.