2 Samuel 3:38

New Life Version

Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a leader, and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king said to his soldiers, “You must know that a great leader has fallen in Israel today.

Hebrew Names Version
The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Yisra'el?

King James Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Lexham English Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Did you not realize that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?

English Standard Version
And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New Century Version
David said to his officers, "You know that a great man died today in Israel.

New English Translation
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?

Amplified Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a leader and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto his seruants, Know ye not, that there is a prince & a great man falle this day in Israel?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Contemporary English Version
David said to his officials, "Don't you realize that today one of Israel's great leaders has died?

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said to his servants, "You realize that a leader, a great man, has fallen today in Isra'el.

Darby Translation
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Easy-to-Read Version
King David said to his officers, "You know that a very important leader died today in Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to the people, Do you not know that there is a great prince fallen this day in Israel?

Good News Translation
The king said to his officials, "Don't you realize that this day a great leader in Israel has died?

Literal Translation
And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a leader and a great one has fallen this day in Israel?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge sayde vnto his seruauntes: Knowe ye not that this daye a prynce and a greate man is fallen in Israel?

American Standard Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Bible in Basic English
And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king said vnto his seruauntes: Knowe ye not howe that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said unto his servants: 'Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

King James Version (1611)
And the King said vnto his seruants, Knowe yee not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that a great prince is this day fallen in Israel?

English Revised Version
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Berean Standard Bible
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the kyng seide to hise seruauntis, Whether ye witen not, that the prince and gretteste felde doun to dai in Israel?

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?

Update Bible Version
And the king said to his slaves, Don't you know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there hath a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

World English Bible
The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New King James Version
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

New Living Translation
Then King David said to his officials, "Don't you realize that a great commander has fallen today in Israel?

New Revised Standard
And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said unto his servants, - Will ye not take note that, a prince and a great man, hath fallen this day, in Israel?

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and a great man is slain this day in Israel?

Revised Standard Version
And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

THE MESSAGE
The king spoke to his servants: "You realize, don't you, that today a prince and hero fell victim of foul play in Israel? And I, though anointed king, was helpless to do anything about it. These sons of Zeruiah are too much for me. God , requite the criminal for his crime!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

Contextual Overview

²² Then David's servants and Joab came from a battle and brought with them many good things they had taken. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away. Abner had gone in peace. ²³ When Joab and the army with him came, it was told to Joab, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king. And the king has sent him away in peace." ²⁴ Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? See, Abner came to you. Why then have you sent him away, so that he is gone? ²⁵ You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to fool you, and to learn about your going out and coming in. He came to learn all that you are doing." ²⁶ When Joab left David, he sent men after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David did not know it. ²⁷ When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the center of the gate to speak with him alone. There Joab hit him in the stomach and killed him because of the blood of his brother Asahel. ²⁸ When David heard about it, he said, "I and my nation are forever without guilt before the Lord, from the blood of Abner the son of Ner. ²⁹ May the guilt be on the head of Joab and all his father's family. May the family of Joab never be without one who has a flow from his body, or a bad skin disease, or the need to use a walking stick. Or may his family never be without one who falls by the sword, or who needs more bread." ³⁰ So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother in the battle at Gibeon. ³¹ Then David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and dress in clothes made from hair. Cry in sorrow in front of Abner." And King David walked behind the box in which the dead man was carried.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a prince: 2 Samuel 3:12, 2 Samuel 2:8, 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:51, Job 32:9

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said unto his servants,.... His courtiers, giving a reason why he mourned as he did; or "had said" w, and so is a reason why the people concluded, and were fully satisfied, he had no hand in his death; but the first is best, because what follows was said not to the people at the grave, but to his servants at court:

know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? a "prince", being of the royal family, his father was Saul's uncle, and he his own cousin; a "great" man, being general of the army, a very valiant and skilful commander, a man of great wisdom and parts. David says nothing of his grace and virtue, only of his grandeur, his high birth and civil excellencies; he praises him in what he was commendable, and proceeds no further; and this was sufficient to show there was just cause of mourning on civil accounts; and this they might easily know and perceive, that the fall or death of such a man, which had that day happened in Israel, was a public loss, and matter of lamentation; and the rather as he was employing all his excellent talents in civil affairs, and all his interest in the people of Israel, to unite them to Judah, and bring them under the government of David.

w יואמר "nam dixerat", Junius & Tremellius.