2 Samuel 18:12
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18:12The man replied to Joab, “Even if13 I were receiving14 a thousand pieces of silver,15 I would not strike16 the king’s son! In our very presence17 the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’18
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- 13 The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew in reading וְלוּ (vélu, “and if”) rather than וְלֹא (vélo’, “and not”).
- 14 Heb “weighing out in my hand.”
- 15 Heb “a thousand [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 25 pounds (11.4 kg) of silver by weight.
- 16 Heb “extend my hand against.”
- 17 Heb “in our ears.”
- 18 The Hebrew text is very difficult here. The reads מִי (mi, “who”), apparently yielding the following sense: “Show care, whoever you might be, for the youth Absalom.” The reads li (“for me”), the Hebrew counterpart of which may also lie behind the rendering μοι (moi, “for me”). This reading seems preferable here, since it restores sense to the passage and most easily explains the rise of the variant.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king’s son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
But the man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The man replied to Joab, “Even if I had the weight of a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me.’
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NLTNew Living Translation
“I would not kill the king’s son for even a thousand pieces of silver,” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.’
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The man said to Joab, “Even if I felt the weight of a thousand pieces of silver in my palms, I would not have sent my hand against the son of the king, for in our ears the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Whoever you may be, protect the young man Absalom.’
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KJV 1900King James Version
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
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