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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.” (

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.”

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.

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.

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​၏။-

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!”

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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”.

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. »

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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׃

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.'

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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׃

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».

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.»

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၏။

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

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。」

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。”

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。」

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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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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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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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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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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