2 Samuel 19:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ So go out at once and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than any disaster that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ So now arise, go out and speak kindly and encouragingly to your servants; for I swear by the Lord that if you do not go, not a man will remain with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.

Common English Bible

⁷ Now get up! Go out and encourage your followers! I swear to the LORD that if you don’t go out there, not one man will stick with you tonight—and that will be more trouble for you than all the trouble that you’ve faced from your youth until now.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Now then, rise up and go out, and speak so as to make amends to your servants. For I swear to you by the Lord that if you will not go forth, not even one person will be left with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evils that have come to you, from your youth even to the present."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants: for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night. And that will be worse to thee, than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now.

2 Samuel 19:7 Cross References

Genesis 34:3

And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

2 Samuel 19:6

for love of those who hate you and for hatred of those who love you. You have made it clear today that commanders and officers are nothing to you, for I perceive that, if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.

Proverbs 14:28

The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Isaiah 40:1

Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.

Hosea 2:14

Therefore, I will now allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.