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2 Samuel 18:10
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KJ21
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.”
ASV
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
AMP
A certain man saw it and informed Joab, saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”
AMPC
A certain man saw it and told Joab, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
BRG
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
CSB
One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
CSBA
One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, ‘I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree! ’
CEB
One of the men saw this and reported to Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree.”
CJB
Someone saw it and told Yo’av, “I saw Avshalom hanging in a terebinth.”
CEV
and one of them went and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree!”
DARBY
And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.
DRA
And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.
ERV
Someone saw this happen and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”
EASY
One of David's men saw what had happened. He told Joab, ‘I have seen Absalom. He is hanging from an oak tree.’
EHV
A man noticed Absalom and told Joab, “Listen! I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth tree!”
ESV
And a certain man saw it and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
ESVUK
And a certain man saw it and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
EXB
When one of the men saw it happen, he told Joab, “I saw Absalom ·hanging [dangling] in an oak tree!”
GNV
And one that saw it, told Joab, saying, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
GW
A man who saw this told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”
GNT
One of David's men saw him and reported to Joab, “Sir, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
HCSB
One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
ICB
When one of the men saw it happen, he told Joab. He said, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
ISV
When one of the soldiers saw what had happened, he told Joab, “I saw Absalom stuck in an oak tree!”
JUB
And a certain man saw it and told Joab, saying, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
KJV
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
AKJV
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
LSB
Then a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
LEB
When a certain man saw it, he told Joab, and he said, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak tree!”
TLB
One of David’s men saw him and told Joab.
MSG
Absalom ran into David’s men, but was out in front of them riding his mule, when the mule ran under the branches of a huge oak tree. Absalom’s head was caught in the oak and he was left dangling between heaven and earth, the mule running right out from under him. A solitary soldier saw him and reported it to Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree!”
MEV
One man saw him and reported it to Joab, saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”
NOG
A man who saw this told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”
NABRE
Someone saw this and reported to Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree.”
NASB
When a certain man saw him, he informed Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
NASB1995
When a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
NCB
Someone who had seen this reported to Joab: “I saw Absalom hanging from an oak.”
NCV
When one of the men saw it happen, he told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
NET
When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”
NIRV
One of David’s men saw what had happened. He told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”
NIV
When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”
NIVUK
When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, ‘I have just seen Absalom hanging in an oak tree.’
NKJV
Now a certain man saw it and told Joab, and said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth tree!”
NLV
When a certain man saw it, he told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
NLT
One of David’s men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”
NRSVA
A man saw it, and told Joab, ‘I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.’
NRSVACE
A man saw it, and told Joab, ‘I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.’
NRSVCE
A man saw it, and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
NRSVUE
A man saw it and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
OJB
And a certain ish saw it, told Yoav, and said, Hinei, I saw Avshalom [ben Dovid] talui (hanged) b’elah (on a tree, oak) [ZECHARYAH 12:10].
RGT
And one who saw it told Joab, saying, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.”
RSV
And a certain man saw it, and told Jo′ab, “Behold, I saw Ab′salom hanging in an oak.”
RSVCE
And a certain man saw it, and told Jo′ab, “Behold, I saw Ab′salom hanging in an oak.”
TLV
Then a certain man saw it and told Joab saying, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
VOICE
A soldier saw this and told Joab. Soldier: I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree, helpless.
WEB
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
WYC
And some man saw this, and told it to Joab, and said, I saw Absalom hanged on an oak (and said, I saw Absalom hung up in an oak).
YLT
And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
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