The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Parallel translations
- KJV And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
- BSB And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
- NKJV And the king sang a lament over Abner and said: “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
- NASB And the king sang a song of mourning for Abner and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
- NLT Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: “Should Abner have died as fools die?
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- 2 Sam 13:12–13She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly.
- 2 Sam 1:17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
- 2 Chr 35:25Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- Luke 12:19–20I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’
- Prov 18:7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Eccl 2:15–16Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
- Jer 17:11As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the middle of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
- 2 Sam 13:28–29Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!”
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