Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight ¹  before us.” Joab said, “So be it!” ² 

biblegateway 2Sa 2:14

Then Abner said to Joab, "Now let the young men arise and hold a contest before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."

Then Abner said to Joab, "Let's have the young men get up and compete in front of us." "Let them get up," Joab replied.

Abner said to Joab, "Let’s have the young men hold a contest." Joab agreed.

biblegateway 2Sa 2:14

Then Abner said to Joab, "Let’s have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us." "All right, let them do it," Joab said.

And Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men arise and compete before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."

bibleoremus 2Sa 2:14

Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men come forward and have a contest before us." Joab said, "Let them come forward."

Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men come forward and join in single combat before us.” Joab agreed.

biblegateway 2Sa 2:14

Then Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men now arise and compete before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

biblegateway 2Sa 2:14

Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight ¹  before us.” Joab said, “So be it!” ² 

¹ tn Heb “play.” What is in view here is a gladiatorial contest in which representative groups of soldiers engage in mortal combat before the watching armies. Cf. NAB “perform for us”; NASB “hold (have NRSV) a contest before us”; NLT “put on an exhibition of hand-to-hand combat.”

² tn Heb “let them arise.”