2 Samuel 16:6
4 So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
5 As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
7 And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
8 The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
- KJV
- And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
- WEB
- He cast stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
- ASV
- And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
- DARBY
- and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
- BLB
- And he stoned David with stones, and all the servants of King David. And all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his right hand and on his left.
- ÅB
- og kastet med stein etter David og alle kong Davids tjenere, mens alt folket og alle de djerveste krigsmenn gikk med ham, både på høyre og venstre side.
- OTB
- Han kastet steiner på David og på alle kong Davids tjenere, selv om alle folket og alle de mektige mennene var ved hans høyre og venstre.
- B1930
- og kastet med sten efter David og alle kong Davids tjenere, mens alt folket og alle de djerveste krigsmenn gikk med ham, både på høire og venstre side.