2SA 2:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Each of them grabbed his opponent’s head and then thrust his sword into his side, so they both fell down dead together. So that place in Gibeon was named ‘Helkat-Hatsurim’ (meaning ‘Field of Daggers’).

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ ἐκράτησαν ἕκαστος τῇ χειρὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ μάχαιρα αὐτοῦ εἰς πλευρὰν τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ πίπτουσι κατὰ τὸ αὐτό· καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, μερὶς τῶν ἐπιβούλων, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν Γαβαών.
(Kai ekrataʸsan hekastos taʸ ⱪeiri taʸn kefalaʸn tou plaʸsion autou, kai maⱪaira autou eis pleuran tou plaʸsion autou, kai piptousi kata to auto; kai eklaʸthaʸ to onoma tou topou ekeinou, meris tōn epiboulōn, haʸ estin en Gabaōn. )

BrTr And they seized every one the head of his neighbour with his hand, and his sword was thrust into the side of his neighbour, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gabaon.

ULT And they seized, each one, his neighbor by the head, and his sword in the side of his neighbor, and they fell together. And he called that place, “Helkath Hazzurim,” which is in Gibeon.

UST Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man’s side. The result was that all twenty-four of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called “Field of Swords.”

BSB Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.[fn]

2:16 Helkath-hazzurim means the Field of Swords.

OEB And they each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called, Field of the Enemies (which is in Gibeon).

WEBBE They each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.[fn]

2:16 “Helkath Hazzurim” means “field of daggers”.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. So that place is called the Field of Flints; it is in Gibeon.

LSV And they each lay hold on the head of his companion, and his sword [is] in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and [one] calls that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon,

FBV Each man grabbed his opponent's head and drove his sword into his opponent's side so that they all fell down dead together. That's why this place in Gibeon is called the Field of Sword-edges.

T4T Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man’s side. The result was that all 24 of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called ‘Field of Swords’.

LEB Then each seized his opponent[fn] by the head and each thrust his sword in the side of his opponent, so they fell together. So they[fn] called the name of that place Helkath Hazzurim,[fn] which is in Gibeon.

2:16 Literally “neighbor”

2:16 Hebrew “he”

2:16 Helkath Hazzurim possibly means “the slippery slope”

BBE And every one got the other by the head, driving his sword into the other's side, so they all went down together: and that place was named the Field of Sides, and it is in Gibeon.

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JPS And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together; wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

ASV And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

DRA And every one catching his fellow, by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called: The field of the valiant, in Gabaon.

YLT And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword [is] in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and [one] calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon,

Drby And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side, and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is by Gibeon.

RV And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

Wbstr And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side: so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

KJB-1769 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.[fn]

2.16 Helkath-hazzurim: that is, The field of strong men

KJB-1611 [fn]And they caught euery one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellowes side, so they fell downe together: Wherfore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
(And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellowes side, so they fell down together: Wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.)

2:16 That is, the field of strong men.

Bshps And euery one caught his felowe by ye head, & thrust his sword in his felowes side, and so they fell downe together: Wherefore the place was called Helkath hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
(And every one caught his fellow by ye/you_all head, and thrust his sword in his fellows side, and so they fell down together: Wherefore the place was called Helkath hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.)

Gnva And euery one caught his fellowe by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellowes side, so they fell downe together: wherefore ye place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
(And every one caught his fellowe by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellowes side, so they fell down together: wherefore ye/you_all place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. )

Cvdl And euery one gat another by the heade, and thrust his swerde in his syde, and fell together: therfore is the place called Helkath hazurim (that is, the felde of the Worthies) which is at Gibeon.
(And every one gat another by the heade, and thrust his sword in his side, and fell together: therefore is the place called Helkath hazurim (that is, the field of the Worthies) which is at Gibeon.)

Wyc And ech man, whanne `the heed of his felowe was takun, fastnede the swerde in to the side of `the contrarye; and thei felden doun togidere. And the name of that place was clepid The Feeld of stronge men in Gabaon.
(And each man, when `the head of his fellow was taken, fastnede the sword in to the side of `the contrarye; and they fell down together. And the name of that place was called The Feeld of strong men in Gabaon.)

Luth Und ein jeglicher ergriff den andern bei dem Kopf und stieß ihm sein Schwert in seine Seite, und fielen miteinander. Daher der Ort genannt wird: Helkath-Hazurim, der zu Gibeon ist.
(And a jeglicher ergriff the change at to_him Kopf and stieß him his sword in his Seite, and fell miteinander. Therefore the/of_the place genannt wird: Helkath-Hazurim, the/of_the to Gibeon is.)

ClVg Apprehensoque unusquisque capite comparis sui, defixit gladium in latus contrarii, et ceciderunt simul: vocatumque est nomen loci illius: Ager robustorum, in Gabaon.
(Apprehensoque unusquisque capite comparis sui, defixit gladium in latus contrarii, and they_fell simul: vocatumque it_is nomen loci illius: Ager robustorum, in Gabaon. )

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