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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV 2SA 2:18 verse available
OET-LV And_they_were there three the_sons of_Zeruiah Joab and_Abishai and_Asahel and_Asahel [was]_swift in/on/at/with_foot_his like_one the_gazelles which in/on/at/with_wild.
UHB וַיִּֽהְיוּ־שָׁ֗ם שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ בְּנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֔ה יוֹאָ֥ב וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙ קַ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֔יו כְּאַחַ֥ד הַצְּבָיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ ‡
(vayyihyū-shām shəloshāh bənēy ʦərūyāh yōʼāⱱ vaʼₐⱱīshay vaˊₐsāhʼēl vaˊₐsāhʼēl qal bəraglāyv ⱪəʼaḩad haʦʦəⱱāyim ʼₐsher bassādeh.)
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ULT And the three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was light on his feet, like one of the gazelles which are in the field.
UST Zeruiah’s three sons were there on that day: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was able to run very fast. He could run as fast as a wild gazelle.
BSB § The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
OEB And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift of foot as one of the gazelles which are in the field.
WEB The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
NET The three sons of Zeruiah were there – Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)
LSV And there are three sons of Zeruiah there: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field,
FBV The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like a gazelle racing across the open countryside.
T4T Zeruiah’s three sons were there on that day: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was able to run very fast; he could run as fast as a wild gazelle/antelope.
LEB The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift with his feet as one of the gazelles which is in the open field.
BBE There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.
MOF No MOF 2SA book available
JPS And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as light of foot as one of the roes that are in the field.
ASV And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
DRA And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael: now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods.
YLT And there are there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel, and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field,
DBY And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, as one of the gazelles that are in the field.
RV And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
WBS And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
KJB ¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.[fn][fn]
(¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.)
BB And there were three sonnes of Zaruia there: Ioab, Abisai, and Asahel: And Asahel was as light of foote as a wilde Roe.
(And there were three sons of Zaruia there: Yoab, Abisai, and Asahel: And Asahel was as light of foot as a wild Roe.)
GNV And there were three sonnes of Zeruiah there, Ioab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as light on foote as a wilde roe.
(And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Yoab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as light on foot as a wild roe. )
CB Thre sonnes of Zeru Ia were there, Ioab, Abisai & Asahel. As for Asahel, he was lighte of fete as a Roo in ye felde,
(Thre sons of Zeru Ia were there, Yoab, Abisai and Asahel. As for Asahel, he was lighte of feet as a Roo in ye/you_all field,)
WYC Forsothe thre sones of Saruye weren there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asahel; forsothe Asahel was a `rennere moost swift, as oon of the capretis that dwellen in woodis.
(Forsothe three sons of Saruye were there, Yoab, and Abisai, and Asahel; forsothe Asahel was a `rennere moost swift, as one of the capretis that dwellen in woodis.)
LUT Es waren aber drei Söhne Zerujas daselbst: Joab, Abisai und Asahel. Asahel aber war von leichten Füßen, wie ein Reh auf dem Felde;
(It waren but three Söhne Zerujas there: Yoab, Abisai and Asahel. Asahel but was from leichten Füßen, like a Reh on to_him Felde;)
CLV Erant autem ibi tres filii Sarviæ, Joab, et Abisai, et Asaël: porro Asaël cursor velocissimus fuit, quasi unus de capreis quæ morantur in silvis.[fn]
(Erant however ibi tres children Sarviæ, Yoab, and Abisai, and Asaël: porro Asaël cursor velocissimus fuit, as_if unus about capreis which morantur in silvis.)
2.18 Porro Asæl cursor velocissimus fuit quasi unus de capreis. ID. ex Greg. Asæl significat eos quos vehemens arripiens furor in præceps ducit, etc., usque ad quasi sine ferro moriuntur.
2.18 Porro Asæl cursor velocissimus fuit as_if unus about capreis. ID. ex Greg. Asæl significat them which vehemens arripiens furor in præceps ducit, etc., usque to as_if without ferro moriuntur.
BRN And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.
BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένοντο ἐκεῖ τρεῖς υἱοὶ Σαρουία, Ἰωὰβ, καὶ Ἀβεσσὰ, καὶ Ἀσαήλ· καὶ Ἀσαὴλ κοῦφος τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ· ὡσεὶ μία δορκὰς ἐν ἀγρῷ.
(Kai egenonto ekei treis huioi Sarouia, Yōab, kai Abessa, kai Asaaʸl; kai Asaaʸl koufos tois posin autou; hōsei mia dorkas en agrōi. )
2:18 Zeruiah was David’s sister (1 Chr 2:15-16), so Joab, Abishai, and Asahel were his nephews.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
(Occurrence 0) Zeruiah … Joab … Abishai … Asahel
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_were there three sons_of Zeruiah Joab and,Abishai and,Asahel and,Asahel swift in/on/at/with,foot,his like=one the,gazelles which/who in/on/at/with,wild )
These are the names of men.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) Asahel was swift in his feet like a wild gazelle
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_were there three sons_of Zeruiah Joab and,Abishai and,Asahel and,Asahel swift in/on/at/with,foot,his like=one the,gazelles which/who in/on/at/with,wild )
Here Asahel is compared to a gazelle, an animal that runs very fast. Alternate translation: “Asahel could run very fast”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
(Occurrence 0) wild gazelle
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_were there three sons_of Zeruiah Joab and,Abishai and,Asahel and,Asahel swift in/on/at/with,foot,his like=one the,gazelles which/who in/on/at/with,wild )
This small, four-legged animal, with two long horns on its head, runs very fast.