2 Samuel 8:5 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men;
English ASV
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
English Amplified
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew 22,000 of them.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew 22,000 of them.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
English EASY 2024
The Syrians from Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer of Zobah. But David killed 22,000 soldiers of the Syrian army.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Arameans from Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David defeated those 22,000 Arameans.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men.
English God's Word - GW 1995
When the Arameans from Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 Aramean men.
English KJV 1611
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
English LSB
Then the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 Arameans.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, but David defeated twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
When the Arameans of Damascus came to the aid of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand of them.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, the king of Zobah. But David struck down 22,000 of them.
English NIV
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.
English NKJ 1982
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.
English NLT
When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
He also slaughtered twenty-two thousand Syrians from Damascus when they came to help Hadadezer.
English Tyndale 1537
Then came the Sirians of Damasco to succour Adadezer king of Zobah. And David slew of them two and twenty thousand men and put soldiers in Siria Damasco.