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2 Samuel 1:19-21
New King James Version
2 Samuel 1:19-21
New King James Version
19 “The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places!
(A)How the mighty have fallen!
20 (B)Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of (C)Ashkelon—
Lest (D)the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
Lest the daughters of (E)the uncircumcised triumph.
21 “O (F)mountains of Gilboa,
(G)Let there be no dew nor rain upon you,
Nor fields of offerings.
For the shield of the mighty is [a]cast away there!
The shield of Saul, not (H)anointed with oil.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:21 Lit. defiled
2 Samuel 1:19-21
La Bible du Semeur
2 Samuel 1:19-21
La Bible du Semeur
19 Ton élite, Israël, ╵a été transpercée ╵là-bas sur tes collines.
Hélas, ils sont tombés ╵tous les guerriers !
20 N’allez pas publier ╵cette nouvelle à Gath,
et ne l’annoncez pas ╵dans les rues d’Ashkelôn[a] :
les filles philistines ╵se mettraient à chanter,
les filles des incirconcis ╵en sauteraient de joie.
21 O monts de Guilboa,
qu’il n’y ait ni rosée ╵ni pluie tombant sur vous,
qu’il n’y ait sur vos pentes ╵plus de champs plantureux ╵d’où viennent des offrandes,
là furent avilis ╵les boucliers des braves
et celui de Saül
que l’on n’enduira plus jamais ╵avec de l’huile[b].
Footnotes
- 1.20 Gath et Ashkelôn étaient deux métropoles philistines, l’une la plus proche des frontières d’Israël, l’autre la plus éloignée. Elles représentent donc toute la Philistie.
- 1.21 Les boucliers, faits de cuir, étaient enduits d’huile, ce qui les entretenait et faisait glisser les flèches ennemies. Ces boucliers, souillés par le sang des braves, ne serviront jamais plus.
2 Samuel 1:19-21
King James Version
2 Samuel 1:19-21
King James Version
19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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.
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2 Samuel 1:19-21
New International Version
2 Samuel 1:19-21
New International Version
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.
- 2 Samuel 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings
2 Samuel 1:19-21
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 1:19-21
English Standard Version
19 “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
(A)How the mighty have fallen!
20 (B)Tell it not in Gath,
(C)publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
(D)lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of (E)the uncircumcised exult.
21 (F)“You mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain upon you,
nor fields of offerings![a]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
the shield of Saul, not (G)anointed with oil.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:21 Septuagint firstfruits
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