2 Samuel 3:35 “Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was…”

2 Samuel 3:35

Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

World English Bible

All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, until the sun goes down.”

American Standard Version

And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.

Geneva Bible 1599

Afterwarde all the people came to cause Dauid eate meate while it was yet day, but Dauid sware, saying, So doe God to me and more also, if I taste bread, or ought els till the sunne be downe.

Darby Translation

And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or aught else till the sun be down!

Young's Literal Translation

And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, 'Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for — before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.'

Bible in Basic English

And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

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Cross references

“cause”

2 Samuel 12:17 Jeremiah 16:7 Ezekiel 24:17 Ezekiel 24:22

2 Samuel 12:17 · BSB

The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

Jeremiah 16:7 · BSB

No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

Ezekiel 24:17 · BSB

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

Ezekiel 24:22 · BSB

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.

“So do”

Ruth 1:17 2 Samuel 3:9

Ruth 1:17 · BSB

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

2 Samuel 3:9 · BSB

May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:

“till the”

2 Samuel 1:12 Judges 20:26

2 Samuel 1:12 · BSB

They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

Judges 20:26 · BSB

Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

Also

1 Samuel 3:17

1 Samuel 3:17 · BSB

“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

34Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

36All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

Read 2 Samuel 3