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Green's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 2:19

And Asahel ran after Abner, and did not turn to go to the right or to the left from following Abner.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abner;   Asahel;   David;   Homicide;   Israel;   Joab;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abishai;   Abner;   Joab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Asahel;   Joab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Asahel;   Gibeon;   Joab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abner ;   Asahel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Asahel;   Gibeon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Asahel;   War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abner;   Asahel;   Blood-revenge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abner;   Asa;   Asahel;   Ish-Bosheth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He chased Abner and did not turn to the right or the left in his pursuit of him.
Hebrew Names Version
`Asa'el pursued after Aviner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Aviner.
King James Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Lexham English Bible
So Asahel pursued Abner, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left from going after Abner.
English Standard Version
And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
New Century Version
Asahel chased Abner, going straight toward him.
New English Translation
Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.
Amplified Bible
Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left as he followed him.
New American Standard Bible
Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Asahel followed after Abner, and in going he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from Abner.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.
Contemporary English Version
and he ran straight after Abner, without looking to the right or to the left.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Asah'el chased Avner, going straight for him, veering neither right nor left.
Darby Translation
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from behind Abner.
Easy-to-Read Version
Asahel ran straight toward Abner and began chasing him.
George Lamsa Translation
And Ashael pursued Abner; and he turned not to the right hand nor to the left as he followed Abner.
Good News Translation
started chasing Abner, running straight for him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& folowed after Abner, and turned not asyde nether to the righte hande ner to ye lefte from Abner.
American Standard Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Bible in Basic English
Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Asahel folowed after Abner, and in goyng he turned neither to the right hande nor to the left, from Abner.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
King James Version (1611)
And Asahel pursued after Abner, and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner.
English Revised Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Berean Standard Bible
and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Asahel pursuede Abner, and bowide not, nether to the riyt side nether to the left side, ceessynge to pursue Abner.
Young's Literal Translation
And Asahel pursueth after Abner, and hath not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner.
Update Bible Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
World English Bible
Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
New King James Version
So Asahel pursued Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
New Living Translation
and he began chasing Abner. He pursued him relentlessly, not stopping for anything.
New Life Bible
And Asahel ran after Abner. He did not turn to the right or the left from following him.
New Revised Standard
Asahel pursued Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he followed him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Asahel pursued Abner, - and turned not, in going, to the right hand or to the left, from pursuing Abner.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Revised Standard Version
and As'ahel pursued Abner, and as he went he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.

Contextual Overview

18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was swift with his feet, like one of the gazelles in the field. 19 And Asahel ran after Abner, and did not turn to go to the right or to the left from following Abner. 20 And Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he said, I am . 21 And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right, or to your left, and seize one of the young men for yourself, and take his spoil for yourself. And Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him. 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the earth? And how shall I lift up my face to your brother Joab? 23 And he refused to turn aside. And Abner struck him in the belly with the butt of the spear. And the spear came out from behind him; and he fell there, and died in his place. And it happened that all who came to the place, there where Asahel fell and died, they stood still. 24 And Joab and Abishai ran after Abner, and the sun was going. And they came to the hill of Ammah which is before Giah, by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

turned: 2 Samuel 2:21, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 23:6, 2 Kings 22:2, Proverbs 4:27

following Abner: Heb. after Abner

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:27 - for the blood 2 Samuel 3:30 - because Joel 2:7 - They shall run

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the seas, and over birds of the heavens, and over all beasts creeping on the earth.
Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God was making earth and heavens.
Genesis 2:8
And Jehovah God planted a garden in Eden to the east; and He put the man whom He had formed there.
Genesis 2:20
And the man called names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every animal of the field. But no helper suited to him was found for a man.
Genesis 2:22
And Jehovah God formed the rib which He had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man.
Genesis 2:23
And the man said, This now at last is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. For this shall be called Woman, because this has been taken out of man.
Genesis 6:20
from the birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall come in to you to keep alive.
Genesis 9:2
And your fear and your dread shall be on all the animals of the earth, and on every bird of the heavens, on all that moves on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hands.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Asahel pursued after Abner,.... Ambitious of the glory of taking or slaying the general of the army of Israel; trusting to his swiftness, not considering that the race is not always to the swift, and that he had to do with a veteran soldier, and he a raw young man, though valiant:

and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left in following Abner; he kept his eye upon him, and pursued him closely, disregarding persons on the right or left he could have made prisoners; but those he neglected, being bent on taking Abner if possible.


 
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