2 Samuel 4:1
And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
KJV
Audivit autem Isboseth filius Saul quod cecidisset Abner in Hebron : et dissolutæ sunt manus ejus, omnisque Israël perturbatus est.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἤκουσεν Μεμφιβόσθε υἱὸς Σαοὺλ ὅτι τέθνηκεν Ἀβεννὴρ ἐν Χεβρών, καὶ ἐξελύθησαν αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰσραὴλ παρείθησαν.
LXX
And whenIsh-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
ASV
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע בֶּן שָׁא֗וּל כִּ֣י מֵ֤ת אַבְנֵר֙ בְּ/חֶבְר֔וֹן וַ/יִּרְפּ֖וּ יָדָ֑י/ו וְ/כָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִבְהָֽלוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:4 — Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
- Isa 13:7 — Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
- Jer 6:24 — We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.