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OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile David told Abishai, “Bikri’s son Sheva will do more harm to us now than Abshalom. Take some of my warriors and chase him down, in case he finds some fortified city to hide in and gets away from us.”
OET-LV and_ Dāvid _he/it_said to ʼAⱱīshay now he_will_be_bad to/for_us Sheⱱaˊ the_son_of Bicri more_than ʼAⱱīshālōm you take DOM the_servants_of master’s_of_your and_pursue after_him lest he_has_found to_him/it cities fortified and_escape sight_of_us.
UHB וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֔י עַתָּ֗ה יֵ֧רַֽע לָ֛נוּ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם אַ֠תָּה קַ֞ח אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י אֲדֹנֶ֨יךָ֙ וּרְדֹ֣ף אַחֲרָ֔יו פֶּן־מָ֥צָא ל֛וֹ עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻר֖וֹת וְהִצִּ֥יל עֵינֵֽנוּ׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer dāvid ʼel-ʼₐⱱīshay ˊattāh yēraˊ lānū sheⱱaˊ ben-bikriy min-ʼaⱱshālōm ʼattāh qaḩ ʼet-ˊaⱱdēy ʼₐdoneykā ūrədof ʼaḩₐrāyv pen-māʦāʼ lō ˊārim bəʦurōt vəhiʦʦil ˊēynēnū.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Ἀμεσσαῒ, νῦν κακοποιήσει ἡμᾶς Σαβεὲ υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ὑπὲρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ· καὶ νῦν σὺ λάβε μετὰ σεαυτοῦ τοὺς παῖδας τοῦ κυρίου σου, καὶ καταδίωξον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, μή ποτε ἑαυτῷ εὕρῃ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς, καὶ σκιάσει τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἡμῶν.
(Kai eipe Dawid pros Amessai, nun kakopoiaʸsei haʸmas Sabee huios Boⱪori huper Abessalōm; kai nun su labe meta seautou tous paidas tou kuriou sou, kai katadiōxon opisō autou, maʸ pote heautōi heuraʸ poleis oⱪuras, kai skiasei tous ofthalmous haʸmōn. )
BrTr And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he [fn]blind our eyes.
20:6 i. e. escape us.
ULT And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bikri will do more harm to us than Absalom. You, take the servants of your lord and pursue after him, lest he find for himself unassailable cities and remove our eyes.”
UST So David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba will harm us more than Absalom did. So you take my soldiers and pursue him. If you do not do that, he and his soldiers may occupy some of the fortified cities and escape from us.”
BSB And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.[fn]”
20:6 Or and snatch away our eyes or and do us serious harm
MSB (Same as above including footnotes)
OEB David said to Abishai, ‘Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he find for himself fortified cities and escape out of our sight.’
WEBBE David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Then David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”
LSV and David says to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri does evil to us more than Absalom; you, take the servants of your lord, and pursue after him, lest he has found fortified cities for himself, and delivered himself [from] our eye.”
FBV David then spoke to Abishai, saying, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri is going to cause us more trouble than Absalom did. Take the king's men and chase him down, or he will take over fortified towns and get away from us.”
T4T So David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba will harm us more than Absalom did. So you take my soldiers and pursue him. If you do not do that, he and his soldiers may occupy/capture some of the ◄fortified towns/towns that have walls around them►, and escape from us. [IDM]”
LEB No LEB 2 SAM book available
BBE And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.
Moff No Moff 2 SAM book available
JPS And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'
ASV And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
DRA And David said to Abisai: Now will Seba the son of Bochri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou therefore the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he find fenced cities, and escape us.
YLT and David saith unto Abishai, 'Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.'
Drby And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.
RV And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape out of our sight.
(And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou/you thy/your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape out of our sight. )
SLT And David will say to Abishai, Now Sheba son of Bichri will do evil to us above Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants and go down after him, lest finding to himself fortified cities and he shadow our eyes.
Wbstr And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue him, lest he get for himself fortified cities, and escape us.
KJB-1769 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.[fn]
(And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou/you thy/your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. )
20.6 escape…: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes
KJB-1611 [fn]And Dauid said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs more harme then did Absalom: take thou thy lords seruants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape vs.
(And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm then did Absalom: take thou/you thy/your lords servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.)
20:6 Hebr. deliuer himselfe from our eyes.
Bshps No Bshps 2 SAM book available
Gnva Then Dauid sayd to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs more harme then did Absalom: take thou therefore thy lords seruants and follow after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.
(Then David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm then did Absalom: take thou/you therefore thy/your lords servants and follow after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape us. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 2 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 2 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 2 SAM book available
ClVg Ait autem David ad Abisai: Nunc magis afflicturus est nos Seba filius Bochri quam Absalom: tolle igitur servos domini tui, et persequere eum, ne forte inveniat civitates munitas, et effugiat nos.
(He_said however David to Abisai: now more afflicturus it_is we/us Seba son Bochri how Absalom: remove therefore server/keepers master yours(sg), and persequere him, not perhaps find cities securelyty, and effugiat we/us. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 2 SAM book available
Note 1 topic: translate-names
(Occurrence 0) Abishai
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay now do_~_harm to/for=us seven son_of Bikrī from/more_than ʼAⱱīshālōm you(ms) take DOM servants_of lord's_of,your and,pursue after,him lest he/it_found to=him/it cities fortified and,escape sight_of,us )
This is another commander of David’s army. See how you translated his name in [2 Samuel 2:18](../02/18.md).
(Occurrence 0) do us more harm
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay now do_~_harm to/for=us seven son_of Bikrī from/more_than ʼAⱱīshālōm you(ms) take DOM servants_of lord's_of,your and,pursue after,him lest he/it_found to=him/it cities fortified and,escape sight_of,us )
Alternate translation: “hurt us more”
(Occurrence 0) your master’s servants, my soldiers
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay now do_~_harm to/for=us seven son_of Bikrī from/more_than ʼAⱱīshālōm you(ms) take DOM servants_of lord's_of,your and,pursue after,him lest he/it_found to=him/it cities fortified and,escape sight_of,us )
The phrase “my soldiers” clarifies which “servants.” David refers to himself as “your master” as a formal way of speaking to someone with less authority.
(Occurrence 0) pursue after
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay now do_~_harm to/for=us seven son_of Bikrī from/more_than ʼAⱱīshālōm you(ms) take DOM servants_of lord's_of,your and,pursue after,him lest he/it_found to=him/it cities fortified and,escape sight_of,us )
Alternate translation: “chase after”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) he will find fortified cities
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay now do_~_harm to/for=us seven son_of Bikrī from/more_than ʼAⱱīshālōm you(ms) take DOM servants_of lord's_of,your and,pursue after,him lest he/it_found to=him/it cities fortified and,escape sight_of,us )
This means that Sheba and his men will enter these cities to hide from David’s army. The word “he” represents Sheba but refers to both him and his men. Alternate translation: “he and his men will hide in fortified cities” or “he and his men will take refuge in fortified cities” (See also: figs-synecdoche)
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) out of our sight
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay now do_~_harm to/for=us seven son_of Bikrī from/more_than ʼAⱱīshālōm you(ms) take DOM servants_of lord's_of,your and,pursue after,him lest he/it_found to=him/it cities fortified and,escape sight_of,us )
Here David refers to his army by their sight to emphasize that Sheba and his men would be hidden and David’s army would be unable to capture them. Alternate translation: “from us”