2 Samuel 15:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you also coming with us? Go back, and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ The king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why do you go with us also? Return to your place and remain with the king [Absalom], for you are a foreigner and an exile.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king: for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile; return to thine own place.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you coming with us too? Go back! Stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite: "Why do you come with us? Return and live with the king. For you are a stranger, and you departed from your own place.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ And the king said to Ethai the Gethite: Why comest thou with us? Return and dwell with the king, for thou art a stranger, and art come out of thy own place.

2 Samuel 15:19 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:20

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.”

2 Samuel 18:2

And David sent forth the army: one third under the command of Joab; one third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother; and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

Ruth 1:15

So she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”