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2 Samuel 1:21

21 “Mountains of Gilboa,a

may you have neither dewb nor rain,c

may no showers fall on your terraced fields.b d

For there the shield of the mighty was despised,

the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.e

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2 Samuel 1:21 — English Standard Version (ESV)

21 “You mountains of Gilboa,

let there be no dew or rain upon you,

nor fields of offerings!

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew,

Neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings:

For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away,

The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 O mountains of Gilboa,

let there be no dew or rain upon you,

nor fruitful fields producing offerings of grain.

For there the shield of the mighty heroes was defiled;

the shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 “O mountains of Gilboa,

Let there be no dew nor rain upon you,

Nor fields of offerings.

For the shield of the mighty is cast away there!

The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 “May there be no dew or rain on the mountains of Gilboa,

and may their fields produce no grain,

because there the mighty warrior’s shield was dishonored.

Saul’s shield will no longer be rubbed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 Ye mountains of Gilboa,

Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings:

For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away,

The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, no rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as not anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 You mountains in Gilboa, 

may there be no dew or rain on you 

or on your slopes, 

because warriors’ shields were tarnished there. 

Saul’s shield was never rubbed with olive oil. 

2 Samuel 1:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 Mountains of Gilboa,

let no dew or rain be on you,

or fields of offerings,

for there the shield of the mighty was defiled —

the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 You mountains of Gilboa,

let there be no dew or rain upon you,

nor bounteous fields!

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.

2 Samuel 1:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you

or on the fields of grain for offerings,

for there the small shield of the mighty was defiled,

the small shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 “Mountains of Gilboa,

may no dew or rain fall on you.

May your fields not produce any offerings of grain.

The shield of the mighty king lies polluted there.

The shield of Saul lies there. It isn’t rubbed with oil anymore.

2 Samuel 1:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 “O mountains of Gilboa,

Let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings;

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.


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