2 Samuel 2:27 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁷ 2 And they took Asael, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father in Bethlehem, and Joab, and the men that were with him, marched all the night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have stopped pursuing their brethren in the morning.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.

Common English Bible

²⁷ “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you hadn’t just said that, the soldiers would have continued after their brothers until morning.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And Joab said: "As the Lord lives, if you had spoken in the morning, the people would have withdrawn from pursuing their brothers."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if thou hadst spoke sooner, even in the morning the people should have retired from pursuing after their brethren.

2 Samuel 2:27 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:14

9 And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

2 Samuel 2:26

1 But the servants of David had killed of Benjamin, and of the men that were with Abner, three hundred and sixty, who all died.

2 Samuel 2:28

Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.

Job 27:2

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

Proverbs 15:1

The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Proverbs 17:14

1 A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

Proverbs 20:18

5 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

Proverbs 25:8

5 By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Isaiah 47:7

5 Such are all the things become to thee, in which thou best laboured: thy merchants from thy youth, every one hath erred in his own way, there is none that can save thee.

1 Samuel 25:26

1 This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or hast revenged thyself: and when the Lord shall have done well by my lord, thou shalt remember thy handmaid.