Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As he cursed, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel! New Living Translation “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David. English Standard Version And Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! Berean Standard Bible And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! King James Bible And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: New King James Version Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You bloodthirsty man, you rogue! New American Standard Bible This is what Shimei said when he cursed: “Go away, go away, you man of bloodshed and worthless man! NASB 1995 Thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow! NASB 1977 And thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow! Legacy Standard Bible And thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and vile fellow! Amplified Bible This is what Shimei said as he cursed: “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, you worthless and useless man! Christian Standard Bible Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, you wicked man! Holman Christian Standard Bible Shimei said as he cursed: “Get out, get out, you worthless murderer! American Standard Version And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: Contemporary English Version Shimei was yelling at David, "Get out of here, you murderer! You good-for-nothing, English Revised Version And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and man of Belial: GOD'S WORD® Translation Shimei cursed and said, "Get out! Get out, you bloodthirsty man! You worthless person! Good News Translation Shimei cursed him and said, "Get out! Get out! Murderer! Criminal! International Standard Version "Get out of here! Get out!" Shimei yelled as he cursed. "You murderer! You who think you're above the law! Majority Standard Bible And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! NET Bible As he yelled curses, Shimei said, "Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man! New Heart English Bible And Shimei said as he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, and worthless man. Webster's Bible Translation And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: World English Bible Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd thus said Shimei in his reviling: “Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness! Young's Literal Translation And thus said Shimei in his reviling, 'Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness! Smith's Literal Translation And thus said Shimei in his cursing, Come forth, come forth, thou man of bloods and man of. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, as he was cursing the king, Shimei said: “Go away, go away, you man of blood, and you man of Belial! New American Bible Shimei was saying as he cursed: “Get out! Get out! You man of blood, you scoundrel! New Revised Standard Version Shimei shouted while he cursed, “Out! Out! Murderer! Scoundrel! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd thus said Shimei to David when he cursed him, Get out, get out, you bloody man, you wicked man; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And thus Shemi was saying to David when he was insulting him: “Get out! Get out, man shedder of blood and evil one! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow; Brenton Septuagint Translation And thus Semei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, thou bloody man, and man of sin. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Shimei Curses David…6He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left. 7And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! 8The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”… Cross References 1 Samuel 24:14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 1 Samuel 26:18 And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand? 1 Kings 2:8 Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’ 1 Kings 2:44 The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head. Psalm 3:1-2 A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me! / Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah Psalm 7:4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, Psalm 109:25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. Psalm 69:9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. Psalm 69:20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one. Psalm 22:6-8 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. / All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: / “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.” Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Matthew 27:39-44 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads / and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” / In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, ... Mark 15:29-32 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, / come down from the cross and save Yourself!” / In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! ... Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. Luke 23:35-39 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” / The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. / “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!” ... Treasury of Scripture And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: bloody man [heb] man of blood 2 Samuel 3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 2 Samuel 11:15-17 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die… 2 Samuel 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. man of Belial Deuteronomy 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. 1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. Jump to Previous Base Begone Belial Blood Bloodshed Bloody Cursed Curses Fellow Good-For-Nothing ng Reviling Scoundrel Shimei Shim'e-I Worthless WorthlessnessJump to Next Base Begone Belial Blood Bloodshed Bloody Cursed Curses Fellow Good-For-Nothing ng Reviling Scoundrel Shimei Shim'e-I Worthless Worthlessness2 Samuel 16 1. Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance5. At Bahurim, Shimei curses David 9. David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge 15. Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel 20. Ahithophel's counsel And as he cursed The Hebrew word for "cursed" is "qalal," which can mean to belittle or to treat with contempt. In the historical context, cursing was a serious act, often invoking divine judgment or expressing deep disdain. Shimei's cursing of David is not just a personal attack but a public declaration of his disapproval and a reflection of the political turmoil during David's reign. This moment highlights the intense emotions and divisions within the kingdom, as well as the vulnerability of even a king to public scorn. Shimei said Get out, get out you worthless man of bloodshed Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And asוְכֹֽה־ (wə·ḵōh-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now he yelled curses, בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ (bə·qal·lōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling Shimei שִׁמְעִ֖י (šim·‘î) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8096: Shimei -- the name of a number of Israelites said, אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Get out, צֵ֥א (ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim get out, צֵ֛א (ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim you worthless הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ (hab·bə·lî·yā·‘al) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1100: Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness man אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of bloodshed! הַדָּמִ֖ים (had·dā·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Links 2 Samuel 16:7 NIV2 Samuel 16:7 NLT 2 Samuel 16:7 ESV 2 Samuel 16:7 NASB 2 Samuel 16:7 KJV 2 Samuel 16:7 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 16:7 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 16:7 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 16:7 French Bible 2 Samuel 16:7 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 16:7 Thus said Shimei when he cursed Be (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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