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2 Samuel 4:10

10 awhen one told me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and 1thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

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2 Samuel 4:10 — The New International Version (NIV)

10 when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!

2 Samuel 4:10 — English Standard Version (ESV)

10 when one told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

2 Samuel 4:10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

2 Samuel 4:10 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 Someone once told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ thinking he was bringing me good news. But I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That’s the reward I gave him for his news!

2 Samuel 4:10 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

2 Samuel 4:10 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 Once a man thought he was bringing me good news. When he told me, ‘Saul is dead!’ I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!

2 Samuel 4:10 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.

2 Samuel 4:10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead! and he was in his own sight a messenger of good, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag—to whom forsooth I should give a reward for his good tidings:

2 Samuel 4:10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 “I once seized a man who told me that Saul had died. He thought he was bringing good news. I killed him in Ziklag to reward him for his news.

2 Samuel 4:10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 when the person told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

2 Samuel 4:10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 when the one who told me, ‘See, Saul is dead,’ thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag—this was the reward I gave him for his news.

2 Samuel 4:10 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10 when the one who told me, “Look, Saul is dead,” thought that he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was as my giving the news back to him.

2 Samuel 4:10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 A man once told me, ‘Saul is dead.’ He thought he was bringing me good news. But I grabbed hold of him. I had him put to death in Ziklag. That’s the reward I gave him for his news! And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive.


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