2 Samuel 21:1

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, There is guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gabaonites.

Darby Translation ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then there was a famine in the dayes of Dauid, three yeeres together: and Dauid asked counsell of the Lord, and the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloodie house, because hee slewe the Gibeonites.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David besought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, On account of Saul, and on account of the house of blood, is this; because he hath slain the Gib'onites.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said: 'It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.'

King James Version ☆

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, There is guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he killed the Gabaonites.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, There is guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he killed the Gabaonites.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

Webster Bible ☆

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Revised Version ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, There is guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gibeonites.

World English Bible ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, 'For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Then there was a ra'av (famine) in the days of Dovid shalosh shanim, shanah after shanah; and Dovid inquired of Hashem. And Hashem answered, It is on account of Sha'ul, and for his bais hadamim, because he slaughtered the Giv'onim.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَكَانَ جُوعٌ فِي أَيَّامِ دَاوُدَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ، سَنَةً بَعْدَ سَنَةٍ، فَطَلَبَ دَاوُدُ وَجْهَ ٱلرَّبِّ. فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هُوَ لِأَجْلِ شَاوُلَ وَلِأَجْلِ بَيْتِ ٱلدِّمَاءِ، لِأَنَّهُ قَتَلَ ٱلْجِبْعُونِيِّينَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဒါ​ဝိဒ်​နန်း​စံ​ချိန်​အ​တွင်း​၌​သုံး​နှစ်​ပတ်​လုံး အ​စာ​ငတ်​မွတ်​ခေါင်း​ပါး​ခြင်း​ဘေး​ကြီး​ဆိုက် ရောက်​လာ​၏။ သို့​ဖြစ်​၍​ဒါ​ဝိဒ်​သည်​ထာ​ဝ​ရ ဘု​ရား​ထံ​စုံ​စမ်း​လျှောက်​ထား​ရာ​ထာ​ဝ​ရ ဘု​ရား​က``ရှော​လု​သည်​ဂိ​ဗောင်​မြို့​မှ​လူ​တို့ အား​ကွပ်​မျက်​ခဲ့​သည့်​အ​တွက် သူ​နှင့်​သူ​၏ မိ​သား​စု​တွင်​လူ​သတ်​မှု​အ​ပြစ်​ရှိ​သ​ဖြင့် ဤ​ဘေး​ဆိုး​ကျ​ရောက်​လာ​ခြင်း​ဖြစ်​၏'' ဟု မိန့်​တော်​မူ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ထိုနောက် ဒါဝိဒ် လက်ထက် ၌ သုံး နှစ် ပတ်လုံးအစာ အာဟာရ ခေါင်းပါးခြင်းဖြစ် ၍၊ ဒါဝိဒ် သည်ထာဝရဘုရား ကို မေးလျှောက် လျှင် ၊ ထာဝရဘုရား က၊ ဂိဗောင် လူတို့ကိုသတ် သော ရှောလု နှင့် လူအသက် ကိုသတ် တတ် သော ရှောလုအမျိုး ကြောင့် ဤအမှုရောက်လေပြီဟု မိန့် တော်မူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

David siangpahrang ah oh nathung, saning thumto khokhahaih to oh; to pongah David mah Angraeng khaeah dueng. Angraeng mah, Gibeon kaminawk humkung Saul hoi kami athii palong koeh Saul pongah ni, hae hmuen hae oh, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

David tue vaengah kum thum tah kum khat phoeiah kum khat khokha tlung.Te dongah David loh BOEIPA maelhmai te a toem.Te vaengah BOEIPA loh Saul neh anih imkhui loh Gibonee a ngawn vaengkah thii kawng te a thui.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

David tue vaengah kum thum tah kum khat phoeiah kum khat khokha tlung. Te dongah David loh BOEIPA maelhmai te a toem. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh Saul neh anih imkhui loh Gibonee a ngawn vaengkah thii kawng te a thui.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

大卫年间有饥荒，一连三年， 大卫就求问耶和华。耶和华说：「这饥荒是因 扫罗和他流人血之家杀死 基遍人。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

大衛年間有饑荒，一連三年， 大衛就求問耶和華。耶和華說：「這饑荒是因 掃羅和他流人血之家殺死 基遍人。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

大卫在位的日子，连年有饥荒，一连三年；大卫就寻求耶和华的面。耶和华说：“这是因扫罗和他流人血的家，因为他杀死了基遍人。”

Croatian Bible ☆

U dane Davidove vladaše jednom glad tri godine uzastopce. David se obrati Jahvi, a Jahve mu odgovori: “Na Šaulu i njegovu domu leži krvna krivnja jer je pogubio Gibeonce.”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Byl pak hlad za dnů Davidových tři léta pořád. I hledal David tváři Hospodinovy. Jemuž řekl Hospodin: Pro Saule a pro dům jeho vražedlný, nebo zmordoval Gabaonitské.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Under Davids Regering blev der Hungersnød tre År i Træk. Da søgte David HERRENS Åsyn; og HERREN sagde: “Der hviler Blodskyld på Saul og hans Hus, fordi han dræbte Gibeonitterne!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En er was in Davids dagen een honger, drie jaren, jaar achter jaar; en David zocht het aangezicht des HEEREN. En de HEERE zeide: Het is om Saul en om des bloedhuizes wil, omdat hij de Gibeonieten gedood heeft.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Tijdens de regering van David heerste er eens een hongersnood, drie jaren achtereen. En toen David Jahweh daarover raadpleegde, sprak Jahweh: Op Saul en zijn huis rust een bloedschuld, omdat hij de Gibonieten gedood heeft

Esperanto Bible ☆

Estis malsato en la tempo de David dum tri jaroj, jaron post jaro. Kaj David faris demandon ĉe la Eternulo; kaj la Eternulo respondis: Tio estas pro Saul kaj pro la sangavida domo, pro tio, ke li mortigis la Gibeonanojn.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

*Et il y eut, du temps de David, une famine de trois ans, année après année. Et David rechercha la face de l’ Éternel, et l’ Éternel dit : C’est à cause de Saül et de sa maison de sang, parce qu’il a fait mourir les Gabaonites.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Il y eut du temps de David une famine qui dura trois ans de suite. Et David chercha la face de l'Éternel; et l'Éternel dit: C'est à cause de Saül et de sa maison sanguinaire; parce qu'il a fait mourir les Gabaonites.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Du temps de David, il y eut une famine qui dura trois ans. David chercha la face de l’Éternel, et l’Éternel dit: C’est à cause de Saül et de sa maison sanguinaire, c’est parce qu’il a fait périr les Gabaonites.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Du temps de David, il y eut une famine qui dura trois ans, année après année ; et David consulta le SEIGNEUR. Le SEIGNEUR dit : « C’est à cause de Saül et de sa maison sanguinaire, parce qu’il a mis à mort les Gabaonites. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und es war Hungersnot in den Tagen Davids drei Jahre, Jahr auf Jahr. Und David suchte das Angesicht Jehovas; und Jehova sprach: Es ist wegen Sauls und wegen des Bluthauses, weil er die Gibeoniter getötet hat.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Es war auch eine Teuerung zu Davids Zeiten drei Jahre aneinander. Und David suchte das Angesicht des HERRN; und der HERR sprach: Um Sauls willen und um des Bluthauses willen, daß er die Gibeoniter getötet hat.

German Textbibel ☆

Unter der Regierung Davids fand einst drei Jahre lang Jahr für Jahr eine Hungersnot statt. Da bemühte sich David um eine Offenbarung Jahwes, worauf Jahwe erwiderte: Auf Saul und seinem Hause ruht eine Blutschuld, weil er die Gibeoniten umgebracht hat.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Es war aber zu Davids Zeiten eine Hungersnot drei Jahre lang, Jahr für Jahr. Und David suchte das Angesicht des HERRN. Und der HERR sprach: Es ist wegen Saul und wegen des Hauses der Blutschuld, weil er die Gibeoniter getötet hat!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Δαυὶδ τρία ἔτη, ἐνιαυτὸς ὁ ἐχόμενος ἐνιαυτοῦ, καὶ ἐζήτησε Δαυὶδ τὸ πρόσωπον Κυρίου. καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀδικία ἐν θανάτῳ αἱμάτων αὐτοῦ, περὶ οὗ ἐθανάτωσε τοὺς Γαβαωνίτας.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Δαυὶδ τρία ἔτη, ἐνιαυτὸς ὁ ἐχόμενος ἐνιαυτοῦ· καὶ ἐζήτησε Δαυὶδ τὸ πρόσωπον Κυρίου· καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀδικία ἐν θανάτῳ αἱμάτων αὐτοῦ, περὶ οὗ ἐθανάτωσε τοὺς Γαβαωνίτας.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Sou rèy wa David, vin gen yon gwo grangou pandan twazan yonn apre lòt. Lè sa a, David al mande Seyè a sa k'ap pase. Seyè a reponn li: -Se krim Sayil ak fanmi l' yo te fè ki lakòz grangou sa a, paske yo te sasinen moun lavil Gabawon yo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I LAILA no i na la o Davida na makahiki wi ekolu, i kela makahiki i keia makahiki: a ninau aku la Davida ia Iehova. I mai la o Iehova, No Saula ia, a no kona ohana koko; no ka mea, ua pepehi oia i ko Gibeona.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיְהִ֣י רָעָב֩ בִּימֵ֨י דָוִ֜ד שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים שָׁנָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁנָ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה ס וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַדָּמִ֔ים עַל־אֲשֶׁר־הֵמִ֖ית אֶת־הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויהי רעב בימי דוד שלש שנים שנה אחרי שנה ויבקש דוד את פני יהוה ויאמר יהוה אל שאול ואל בית הדמים על אשר המית את הגבענים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

ORA al tempo di Davide vi fu una fame tre anni continui. E Davide domandò la faccia del Signore . E il Signore disse: Questo è avvenuto per cagion di Saulle, e di quella casa di sangue; perciocchè egli fece morire i Gabaoniti.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Al tempo di Davide ci fu una fame per tre anni continui; Davide cercò la faccia dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno gli disse: “Questo avviene a motivo di Saul e della sua casa sanguinaria, perch’egli fece perire i Gabaoniti”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

ダビデの時代に、三年続きのききんがあった。ダビデが主の御顔を求めると、主は言われた。「これはサウルと、その血にまみれた家のためである。彼がギベオン人を殺したからだ。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

다윗의 시대에 년부년 삼년 기근이 있으므로 다윗이 여호와 앞에 간구하매 여호와께서 가라사대 이는 사울과 피를 흘린 그 집을 인함이니 저가 기브온 사람을 죽였음이니라 하시니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

In we lal Tokosra David, oasr sracl na upa se, yac tolu lusa. Na David el lolngok nu sin LEUM GOD kac, ac LEUM GOD El fahk, “Oasr mwatal Saul ac sou lal ke akmas. El tuh uniya mwet in acn Gibeon.” (

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Facta est quoque fames in diebus David tribus annis jugiter: et consuluit David oraculum Domini. Dixitque Dominus: Propter Saul, et domum ejus sanguinum, quia occidit Gabaonitas.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و در ایام داود، سه سال علی الاتصال قحطی شد، و داود به حضور خداوندسوال کرد و خداوند گفت: «به‌سبب شاول وخاندان خون ریز او شده است زیرا که جبعونیان را کشت.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Houve fome nos dias de Davi por três anos, ano após ano; e Davi buscou a face do SENHOR. O SENHOR disse: “É por causa de Saul e de sua casa sanguinária, porque ele matou os gibeonitas.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E nos dias de Davi houve fome por três anos consecutivos. E Davi consultou ao SENHOR, e o SENHOR lhe disse: É por Saul, e por aquela casa de sangue; porque matou aos gibeonitas.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Atunci a fost o foamete în zilele lui David, trei ani, an după an; și David a întrebat pe DOMNUL și DOMNUL a răspuns: Este pentru Saul și pentru casa lui sângeroasă, fiindcă i-a ucis pe gabaoniți.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Пе время луй Давид, а фост о фоамете каре а цинут трей ань. Давид а ынтребат пе Домнул, ши Домнул а зис: „Дин причина луй Саул ши а касей луй сынӂероасе, пентру кэ а учис пе габаониць есте фоаметя ачаста.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Был голод на земле во дни Давида три года, год за годом. И вопросил Давид Господа. И сказал Господь: это ради Саула и кровожадного дома его, за то, что он умертвил Гаваонитян.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I bi glad za vremena Davidovog tri godine zaredom. I David potraži lice Gospodnje; a Gospod mu reče: To je sa Saula i s doma njegovog krvničkog, što pogubi Gavaonjane.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И би глад за времена Давидовог три године заредом. И Давид потражи лице Господње; а Господ му рече: То је са Саула и с дома његовог крвничког, што погуби Гаваоњане.

Mashi Bible ☆

Amango Daudi ali mwâmi, omu cihugo mwanacizûka ecizombo ca myâka isharhu ekulikirîne. Daudi akanya agend’idôsa embuko ya Nyamubâho, Nyamubâho anacimubwîra erhi: «Omukò guli kuli Saulu n’omulala gwâge bulya ayîsire abantu b’e Gabaoni».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y EN los días de David hubo hambre por tres años consecutivos. Y David consultó á Jehová, y Jehová le dijo: Es por Saúl, y por aquella casa de sangre; porque mató á los Gabaonitas.

Spanish BLL ☆

Durante el reinado de David hubo una época de hambre que duró tres años seguidos. David consultó al Señor, y el Señor le respondió: “La culpa recae sobre Saúl y su familia asesina, porque ellos mataron a los gabaonitas”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Hubo hambre en los días de David por tres años consecutivos; y David consultó a Yahvé. Y Yahvé le dijo: Es por causa de Saúl, y por su sangrienta casa, por cuanto mató a los gabaonitas.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

En los días de David, les faltaba alimento durante tres años, año tras año; y David fue delante del Señor en busca de instrucciones. Y el Señor dijo: Sobre Saúl y su familia hay sangre, porque mató a los gabaonitas.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

En los días de David hubo una hambruna durante tres años consecutivos, y David buscó el rostro de Yavé. Y Yavé dijo: Es por causa de Saúl y de su casa sanguinaria que mató a los gabaonitas.

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Revised West Version ☆

Hili ia naʻe ai ʻae honge ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tevita ʻi he ngaahi taʻu tukufakaholo; pea naʻe fakafehuʻi ʻe Tevita kia Sihova. Pea naʻe pehē mai ʻe Sihova, “Ko e meʻa ʻeni ʻia Saula, pea koeʻuhi ko hono fale kuo pani toto, he naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻae kakai Kipione.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

За Давидового царювання був в землї голод через три годи, рік за роком. І питав Давид Господа. І відказав Господь: Се через Саула та його дом кровожадний, бо він вигубив Габаонїїв.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

За Давидового царювання був в землї голод через три годи, рік за роком. І питав Давид Господа. І відказав Господь: Се через Саула та його дом кровожадний, бо він вигубив Габаонїїв.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Về đời Đa-vít, có một ách cơ cẩn trong ba năm liên tiếp. Đa-vít cầu vấn Đức Giê-hô-va; Ngài đáp cùng người rằng: Sự nầy xảy đến vì cớ Sau-lơ và nhà đổ huyết của người, bởi vì người có giết dân Ga-ba-ôn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיְהִ֣י רָעָב֩ בִּימֵ֨י דָוִ֜ד שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים שָׁנָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁנָ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה ס וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַדָּמִ֔ים עַל־אֲשֶׁר־הֵמִ֖ית אֶת־הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים׃