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2 Samuel 21:3

Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

KJV

dixit ergo David ad Gabaonitas : Quid faciam vobis ? et quod erit vestri piaculum, ut benedicatis hæreditati Domini ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Δαυεὶδ πρὸς τοὺς Γαβαωνείτας Τί ποιήσω ὑμῖν καὶ ἐν τίνι ἐξιλάσωμαι, καὶ εὐλογήσετε τὴν κληρονομίαν Κυρίου;

LXX

and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל הַ/גִּבְעֹנִ֔ים מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָ/כֶ֑ם וּ/בַ/מָּ֣ה אֲכַפֵּ֔ר וּ/בָרְכ֖וּ אֶת נַחֲלַ֥ת יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
גִּבְעֹנִ֗ים
gb'nym
noun · 8×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כַפֵּ֖ר
kpr
verb · 102×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 26:19 — Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be t
  • 2Sam 20:19 — I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
  • 2Sam 20:19 — I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
  • Gal 3:13 — Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
  • Heb 9:22 — And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.