2 Samuel 21:21

Brenton's Septuagint

And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, smote him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.

Hebrew Names Version
When he defied Yisra'el, Yonatan the son of Shim`i, David's brother, killed him.

King James Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

Lexham English Bible
He taunted Israel but Jonathan the son of Shimei, the brother of David, killed him.

English Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

New Century Version
When he challenged Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David's brother, killed him.

New English Translation
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimeah, killed him.

Amplified Bible
And when he taunted and defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

New American Standard Bible
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck and killed him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when hee reuiled Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shima the brother of Dauid slewe him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

Contemporary English Version
But when he made fun of Israel, David's nephew Jonathan killed him. Jonathan was the son of David's brother Shimei.

Complete Jewish Bible
When he mocked Isra'el, Y'honatan the son of Shim‘ah David's brother killed him.

Darby Translation
And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

Easy-to-Read Version
This man challenged Israel and made fun of them, but Jonathan killed this man. (This was Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimei.)

George Lamsa Translation
And when he had defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

Good News Translation
He defied the Israelites, and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shammah, killed him.

Literal Translation
And he cursed Israel; and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimeah, struck him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he spake despitefully vnto Israel, Ionathas ye sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him.

American Standard Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, slew him.

Bible in Basic English
And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he defyed Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Simea the brother of Dauid slue him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

King James Version (1611)
And when he defied Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shimea the brother of Dauid, slew him.

English Revised Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei David’s brother slew him.

Berean Standard Bible
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David's brother Shimei killed him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he blasfemyde Israel; sotheli Jonathan, sone of Samaa, brother of Dauid, killide hym.

Young's Literal Translation
and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David;

Update Bible Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, slew him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

World English Bible
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

New King James Version
So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, 1 Samuel 16:9 and elsewhere">[fn] David's brother, killed him.

New Living Translation
But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea.

New Life Bible
When he spoke against Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

New Revised Standard
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David's brother Shimei, killed him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah David's brother, smote, him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samae the brother of David slew him.

Revised Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shim'e-i, David's brother, slew him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went. ¹⁶ And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girt with a club, even he thought to smite David. ¹⁷ And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel. ¹⁸ And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite slew Seph of the progeny of Rapha. ¹⁹ And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite slew Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear was as a weaver’s beam. ²⁰ And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha. ²¹ And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, smote him. ²² These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

defied: or, reproached, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, 2 Kings 19:13

Jonathan: 1 Chronicles 27:32

Shimeah: 1 Samuel 16:9, 1 Samuel 17:3, Shammah, 1 Chronicles 2:13, Shimma

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:7 - defy Israel 1 Samuel 17:13 - Shammah

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac.

Genesis 21:4
And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.

Genesis 21:34
And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.

Numbers 10:12
And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

Numbers 13:3
Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.

Numbers 13:26
And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.

Judges 14:2
And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phylistines; and now take her to me for a wife.

1 Samuel 25:1
And Samuel died, and all Israel assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in Armathaim: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he defied Israel,.... The armies of Israel, as Goliath had done some years ago, 1 Samuel 17:10;

Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him; this brother of David is called Shammah, 1 Samuel 16:9; and Shimma, 1 Chronicles 2:13; this son of his is another man from Jonadab his son, who was famous for his subtlety as this was for his valour, 2 Samuel 13:3. The Jews say d this was Nathan the prophet, a son of Shammah.

d Hieron. Trad. Heb. fol. 76. D.