2 Samuel 4:6

NETBible	They¹ entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him² in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.
NIV © biblegateway 2Sa 4:6	They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 4:6	They came to the middle of the house as if to get wheat, and they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
NLT © biblegateway 2Sa 4:6	The doorkeeper, who had been sifting wheat, became drowsy and fell asleep. So Recab and Baanah slipped past the doorkeeper, went into Ishbosheth’s bedroom, and stabbed him in the stomach. Then they escaped.
MSG © biblegateway 2Sa 4:6	They entered the house on a ruse, pretending official business. The maid guarding the bedroom had fallen asleep, so Recab and Baanah slipped by her
BBE © SABDAweb 2Sa 4:6	And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Sa 4:6	They came inside the house as though to take wheat, and they struck him in the stomach; then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Sa 4:6	And they came there, all the way into the house, as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
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KJV	And they came thither <0935> (8804) into the midst <08432> of the house <01004>_, [as though] they would have fetched <03947> (8802) wheat <02406>_; and they smote <05221> (8686) him under the fifth <02570> [rib]: and Rechab <07394> and Baanah <01196> his brother <0251> escaped <04422> (8738)_.
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 4:6	They came <0935> to the middle <08432> of the house <01004> as if to get <03947> wheat <02406> , and they struck <05221> him in the belly <02570> ; and Rechab <07394> and Baanah <01196> his brother <0251> escaped <04422> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ idou <2400> INJ h <3588> T-NSF yurwrov <2377> N-NSF tou <3588> T-GSM oikou <3624> N-GSM ekayairen <2508> V-IAI-3S purouv {N-APM} kai <2532> CONJ enustaxen <3573> V-AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ ekayeuden <2518> V-AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ rekca {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ baana {N-PRI} oi <3588> T-NPM adelfoi <80> N-NPM dielayon {V-AAI-3P}
NET [draft] ITL	They <02007> entered <0935> the house <01004> under the pretense <08432> of getting <03947> wheat <02406> and mortally wounded <05221> him in <0413> the stomach <02570> . Then Recab <07394> and his brother <0251> Baanah <01196> escaped <04422> .
HEBREW	wjlmn <04422> wyxa <0251> hnebw <01196> bkrw <07394> smxh <02570> la <0413> whkyw <05221> Myjx <02406> yxql <03947> tybh <01004> Kwt <08432> de <05704> wab <0935> hnhw (4:6) <02007>

NETBible

They¹ entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him² in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.

NET Notes

¹tc For the MT’s וְהֵנָּה (vÿhennah, “and they,” feminine) read וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and behold”). See the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Targum.

²tn Heb “and they struck him down.”