2 Samuel 17:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ Then I will bring all the people back to you. If David is dead, then all the people will come back in peace.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

2 Samuel 17:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:4

This plan seemed good to Absalom and all the leaders of Israel.

2 Samuel 3:21

Abner said to David, “My lord and king, let me go bring all the Israelites to you. Then they will make an agreement with you. And you will rule over all Israel, like you wanted.”

Isaiah 48:22

But the Lord also said,\par “There is no peace for evil people!”\par

Isaiah 57:21

“There is no peace for evil people.”\par

Jeremiah 6:14

My people have been hurt very badly.\par The prophets and priests\par should bandage those wounds.\par But they treat those wounds\par like they are only a small scratch.\par They say,\par ‘It is all right, everything is fine!’\par But it is not all right!\par

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly. Destruction will come like the pains of a woman who is having a baby. And those people will not escape.