2 Samuel 15:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 stranger, and also an exile; return to thine own place.

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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

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.

2 Samuel 18:2

And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

Ruth 1:15

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister in law.