ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

2 Samuel 23.39

Book: 2 Samuel · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

37. Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38. Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

39. Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. (2 Samuel 23:37-39, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

37. Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38. Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

39. and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all. (2 Samuel 23:37-39, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

37. Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38. Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,

39. Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. (2 Samuel 23:37-39, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

37. Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah, 38. Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

39. Uriah the Hittite; in all thirty and seven. (2 Samuel 23:37-39, YLT)

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Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.