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1 Kings 2:9

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2:9But now26 don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him;27 make sure he has a bloody death.”28

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  1. 26 The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.
  2. 27 Heb “what you should do to him.”
  3. 28 Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So don’t let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But that oath does not make him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know how to arrange a bloody death for him.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So then, do not leave him unpunished, for you are a wise man, and you will know what you must do to him. You must bring his grey hair down to Sheol with blood.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.