2 Samuel 15:20 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²⁰ You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, while I go wherever I can? Go back, and take your kinsfolk with you; and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Since you came only yesterday, should I make you go up and down with us? Since I must go where I may, you return, and take back your brethren with you. May loving-kindness and faithfulness be with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I may? return thou, and take back thy brethren; mercy and truth be with thee.

Common English Bible

²⁰ You just got here yesterday. So today should I make you wander around with us while I go wherever I have to go? No. Go back, and take your relatives with you. May the LORD show you loyal love and faithfulness.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ You arrived yesterday. And today should you be compelled to go away with us? For I should go to the place where I am going. But you should return, and lead your own brothers back with you. And the Lord will show mercy and truth to you, because you have shown grace and faith."

2 Samuel 15:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:5

David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord, and buried him!

2 Samuel 2:6

Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I too will reward you because you have done this thing.

Psalm 25:10

All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

Psalm 56:8

You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?

Psalm 57:3

He will send from heaven and save me, he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.

Psalm 59:15

They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill.

Psalm 61:7

May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

Psalm 61:8

So I will always sing praises to your name, as I pay my vows day after day.

Psalm 85:10

Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that plan evil? Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 3:3

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Amos 8:12

They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.

John 1:17

The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

1 Samuel 23:13

Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they wandered wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.