Parallel 2SA 18:14

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BSB § But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

OEB Then Joab answered, ‘I will not tarry thus with you.’ And he took three in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom’s heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.

WEB Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the middle of the oak.

NET Joab replied, “I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.

LSV And Joab says, “[It is] not right [that] I linger before you”; and he takes three darts in his hand, and strikes them into the heart of Absalom, while he [is] alive, in the midst of the oak.

FBV “I'm not going to waste time waiting around like this with you!” Joab told him. He grabbed three spears and drove them into Absalom's heart while he was still alive, hanging from the oak tree.

T4T Joab said, “I am not going to waste time talking to you!” Then he took three spears and went to where Absalom was, and thrust them into Absalom’s chest/heart while he was still alive, dangling from the oak tree.

LEB Joab said, “No longer will I wait in your presence.” Then he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

BBE Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

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JPS Then said Joab: 'I may not tarry thus with thee.' And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.

ASV Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

DRA And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,

YLT And Joab saith, 'Not right — I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he [is] alive, in the midst of the oak.

DBY Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.

RV Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

WBS Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

KJB Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.[fn][fn]
  (Then said Joab, I may not tarry/wait thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.)

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BB Then sayde Ioab, I may not stand thus tarying with thee: And he toke three dartes in his hande, & thrust them through Absalom whyle he was yet alyue in the middes of the oke.
  (Then said Yoab, I may not stand thus tarying with thee: And he took three dartes in his hand, and thrust them through Absalom while he was yet alive in the middes of the oke.)

GNV Then saide Ioab, I will not thus tary with thee. And he tooke three dartes in his hande, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.
  (Then said Yoab, I will not thus tarry/wait with thee. And he took three dartes in his hand, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middes of the oke. )

CB Ioab sayde: Not so, I wil vpon him before thy face. Then toke Ioab thre speares in his hande, and thrust Absalom thorow ye hert, while he was yet alyue vpon the Oke.
  (Yoab said: Not so, I will upon him before thy/your face. Then took Yoab three speares in his hand, and thrust Absalom through ye/you_all hert, while he was yet alive upon the Oke.)

WYC And Joab seide, Not as thou wolt, `Absolon schal be kept, but Y schal asaile hym bifor thee. Therfore Joab took thre speris in his hond, and fitchide tho in the herte of Absolon. And whanne he spraulide, yit cleuynge in the ook,
  (And Yoab said, Not as thou/you wolt, `Absolon shall be kept, but I shall asaile him before thee. Therfore Yoab took three speris in his hand, and fitchide tho in the heart of Absolon. And when he spraulide, yet cleuynge in the ook,)

LUT Joab sprach: Ich kann nicht so lange bei dir verziehen. Da nahm Joab drei Spieße in seine Hand und stieß sie Absalom ins Herz, da er noch lebte an der Eiche.
  (Yoab spoke: I kann not so lange bei you verziehen. So took Yoab three Spieße in his Hand and stieß they/she/them Absalom into_the Herz, there he still lebte at the Eiche.)

CLV Et ait Joab: Non sicut tu vis, sed aggrediar eum coram te. Tulit ergo tres lanceas in manu sua, et infixit eas in corde Absalom: cumque adhuc palpitaret hærens in quercu,
  (And he_said Yoab: Non sicut tu vis, but aggrediar him coram you(sg). Tulit ergo tres lanceas in by_hand sua, and infixit eas in corde Absalom: cumque adhuc palpitaret hærens in quercu, )

BRN And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with thee. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abessalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωὰβ, τοῦτο ἐγὼ ἄρξομαι, οὐχ οὕτως μενῶ ἐνώπιόν σου· καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἰωὰβ τρία βέλη ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνέπηξεν αὐτὰ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ, ἔτι αὐτοῦ ζῶντος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς δρυός.
  (Kai eipen Yōab, touto egō arxomai, ouⱪ houtōs menō enōpion sou; kai elaben Yōab tria belaʸ en taʸ ⱪeiri autou, kai enepaʸxen auta en taʸ kardia Abessalōm, eti autou zōntos en taʸ kardia taʸs druos. )