2 Samuel 11:25 Cross References - Rotherham

²⁵ Then said David unto the messenger––Thus, shalt thou say unto Joab,––Let not this thing be grievous in thine eyes, for, now this one, and then that one, doth the sword devour,––make hot thy battle against the city, and overthrow it; Thus embolden thou him.

⁸ Oh My Lord,––what shall I say, after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies? ⁹ Only let the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and they will surround us, and cut off our name out of the earth,––what then wilt thou do for thy great name?

⁹ Then shall ye look––if, by the way of its own boundary, it goeth up to Beth–shemesh, he, it was who caused us this great affliction,––but, if not, then shall we know that it was not, his hand, that smote us, a chance, it was, that befell us.

²⁶ And Joab fought against Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon,––and captured the royal city.

¹ For, unto all this, I applied my heart, and, my heart, considered all this, that, the righteous and the wise and their servants, were in the hand of God,––neither love nor hatred, could any man know, every one, was before Him. ² Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice,––as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear. ³ This was a misfortune in all that was done under the sun, that, one destiny, had they all,––yea also, the heart of the sons of men, was full of wickedness, and, madness, was in their heart, while they lived, and, after that, [they went] unto the dead.

¹¹ I again saw under the sun, that not, to the swift, was the race, nor, to the strong, the battle, nay! nor, to the wise, food, nor yet, to the intelligent, riches, nor, even to the well–informed, comeliness,––for, time and accident, happened to them all. ¹² For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap,––like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.