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2 Samuel 21:4

Then the Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter for us off silver or gold with Saul or with his household. It is not for us to put to death anyone in Israel.” He asked, “What are you saying that I should do for you all?”

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2 Samuel 21:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Gibeonites answered him, “We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death.”

“What do you want me to do for you?” David asked.

2 Samuel 21:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “What do you say that I shall do for you?”

2 Samuel 21:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

2 Samuel 21:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“Well, money can’t settle this matter between us and the family of Saul,” the Gibeonites replied. “Neither can we demand the life of anyone in Israel.”

“What can I do then?” David asked. “Just tell me and I will do it for you.”

2 Samuel 21:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And the Gibeonites said to him, “We will have no silver or gold from Saul or from his house, nor shall you kill any man in Israel for us.”

So he said, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”

2 Samuel 21:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Gibeonites said to David, “We cannot demand silver or gold from Saul or his family. And we don’t have the right to kill anyone in Israel.”

Then David asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

2 Samuel 21:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And the Gibeonites said unto him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

2 Samuel 21:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.

2 Samuel 21:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“We do not want silver or gold from Saul’s family,” the Gibeonites answered him. “And none of us wants to kill ⸤anyone⸥ in Israel.” 

The king asked, “What are you saying that I should do for you?” 

2 Samuel 21:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Gibeonites said to him, “We are not asking for money from Saul or his family, and we cannot put anyone to death in Israel.”

“Whatever you say, I will do for you,” he said.

2 Samuel 21:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put anyone to death in Israel.” He said, “What do you say that I should do for you?”

2 Samuel 21:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The people of Gibeon answered him. They said, “No amount of silver or gold can make up for what Saul and his family did to us. And we can’t put anyone in Israel to death.”

“What do you want me to do for you?” David asked.

2 Samuel 21:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then the Gibeonites said to him, “We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul or his house, nor is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “I will do for you whatever you say.”


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