This proposal seemed right to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re looking for, all the people will be at peace.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will bring back all the people to you. [The removal of] the man whom you seek is the assurance that all will return; and all the people will be at peace. American Standard Version (1901) and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. Common English Bible and I will bring all the people back to you like a bride comes back to her husband. It’s only one man’s life you are seeking; everyone else can be at peace.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man; for thou seekest but one man. And all the people shall be in peace. |
This proposal seemed right to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Abner said to David, ‘Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all you desire.’ So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
They have treated my people’s brokenness superficially, claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
When they say, ‘Peace and security’, then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.