II Samuel 18:8
“For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Samuel 18:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und die Schlacht breitete sich daselbst aus über das ganze Land; und der Wald fraß mehr unter dem Volke, als das Schwert an jenem Tage fraß.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y derramándose allí el ejército por la haz de toda la tierra, fueron más los que consumió el bosque de los del pueblo, que los que consumió el cuchillo aquel día.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E espalhando-se ali o exército pela face de toda a terra, foram mais os que o bosque consumiu dos do povo, que os que a espada consumiu naquele dia.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
A batalha se estendeu por todas as partes do campo e mais homens foram mortos pela floresta do que pela espada.
📖 II Samuel 18:8 in Context
6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
10And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
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