29 May his blood(A) fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family!(B) May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore(C) or leprosy[a] or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:29 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

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27 Naaman’s leprosy(A) will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi(B) went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow.(C)

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27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

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