2 Samuel 3:28–29
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28Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocentf before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. 29May his bloodg fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family!h May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sorei or leprosya or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”
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- aThe Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”
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David heard about it later and said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
When David heard about it, he declared, “I vow by the Lord that I and my kingdom are forever innocent of this crime against Abner son of Ner. Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy or who walks on crutches or dies by the sword or begs for food!”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
When David heard this afterwards, he said: “I and my kingdom are innocent before Yahweh forever for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. May the blood come down on the head of Joab and all the house of his father. May the house of Joab never lack one with a bodily discharge or one with leprosy or one who grasps the distaff or one who falls by the sword or one who is lacking food.”
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And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
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