2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
KJV
Et exclamavit Abner ad Joab, et ait : Num usque ad internecionem tuus mucro desæviet ? an ignoras quod periculosa sit desperatio ? usquequo non dicis populo ut omittat persequi fratres suos ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀβεννὴρ Ἰωὰβ καὶ εἶπεν Μὴ εἰς νῖκος καταφάγεται ἡ ῥομφαία; ἢ οὐκ οἶδας ὅτι πικρὰ ἔσται εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα; καὶ ἕως πότε οὐ μὴ εἴπῃς τῷ λαῷ ἀναστρέφειν ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν;
LXX
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א אַבְנֵ֜ר אֶל יוֹאָ֗ב וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הֲ/לָ/נֶ֨צַח֙ תֹּ֣אכַל חֶ֔רֶב הֲ/ל֣וֹא יָדַ֔עְתָּה כִּֽי מָרָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה בָּ/אַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה וְ/עַד מָתַי֙ לֹֽא תֹאמַ֣ר לָ/עָ֔ם לָ/שׁ֖וּב מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֥י אֲחֵי/הֶֽם
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Cross-references
- Acts 7:26 — And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
- Jer 46:10 — For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for th
- Jer 46:14 — Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
- Prov 20:18 — Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- Prov 25:8 — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- Ps 133:1 — Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!