2 Samuel 4:10

NETBible

when someone told me that Saul was dead – even though he thought he was bringing good news 1  – I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!

NIV ©

when a man told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!

NASB ©

when one told me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

NLT ©

Once before, someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ thinking he was bringing me good news. But I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That’s the reward I gave him for his news!

MSG ©

--when the messenger told me, 'Good news! Saul is dead!' supposing I'd be delighted, I arrested him and killed him on the spot in Ziklag. That's what he got for his so-called good news!

BBE ©

When one came to me with the news of Saul’s death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

NRSV ©

when the one who told me, ‘See, Saul is dead,’ thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag—this was the reward I gave him for his news.

NKJV ©

"when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag––the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

KJV
When one told
<05046> (8688)
me, saying
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Behold, Saul
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is dead
<04191> (8804)_,
thinking to have brought
<05869>
good tidings
<01319> (8764)_,
I took hold
<0270> (8799)
of him, and slew
<02026> (8799)
him in Ziklag
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who [thought] that I would have given
<05414> (8800)
him a reward for his tidings
<01309>_:
{thinking...: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc} {who...: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings}
NASB ©
when
<3588>
one told
<5046>
me, saying
<559>
, 'Behold
<2009>
, Saul
<7586>
is dead
<4191>
,' and thought
<5869>
he was bringing
<1319>
good news
<1319>
, I seized
<270>
him and killed
<2026>
him in Ziklag
<6860>
, which
<834>
was the reward
<1309>
I gave
<5414>
him for
his
news
<1309>
.
LXXM
oti
<3754> 
CONJ
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
apaggeilav {V-AAPNS} moi
<1473> 
P-DS
oti
<3754> 
CONJ
teynhken
<2348> 
V-RAI-3S
saoul
<4549> 
N-PRI
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
autov
<846> 
D-NSM
hn
<1510> 
V-IAI-3S
wv
<3739> 
CONJ
euaggelizomenov
<2097> 
V-PMPNS
enwpion
<1799> 
ADV
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
katescon
<2722> 
V-AAI-1S
auton
<846> 
D-ASM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
apekteina
<615> 
V-AAI-1S
en
<1722> 
PREP
sekelak {N-PRI} w
<3739> 
R-DSM
edei
<1210> 
V-IAI-3S
me
<1473> 
P-AS
dounai
<1325> 
V-AAN
euaggelia
<2098> 
N-APN
NET [draft] ITL
when
<03588>
someone told
<05046>
me that Saul
<07586>
was dead
<04191>
– even though he
<01931>
thought
<05869>
he was
<01961>
bringing good news
<01319>
– I seized
<0270>
him and killed
<02026>
him in Ziklag
<06860>
. That
<0834>
was the good news
<01309>
I gave
<05414>
to him!
HEBREW
hrvb
<01309>
wl
<0>
yttl
<05414>
rsa
<0834>
glqub
<06860>
whgrhaw
<02026>
wb
<0>
hzxaw
<0270>
wynyeb
<05869>
rvbmk
<01319>
hyh
<01961>
awhw
<01931>
lwas
<07586>
tm
<04191>
hnh
<02009>
rmal
<0559>
yl
<0>
dygmh
<05046>
yk (4:10)
<03588>
NETBible

when someone told me that Saul was dead – even though he thought he was bringing good news 1  – I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “and he was like a bearer of good news in his eyes.”