David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, ‘Get up. We have to flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! Leave quickly, or he will overtake us quickly, heap disaster on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.’
2 Samuel 17:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now send someone quickly and tell David, “Don’t spend the night at the wilderness ford, but be sure to cross over the Jordan, , or the king and all the people with him will be devoured.” ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now send quickly and tell David, Lodge not this night at the fords [at the Jordan] of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up and all the people with him. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. Common English Bible Now send word immediately to David and tell him, ‘Don’t spend the night in the desert plains. You must cross over immediately. Otherwise, the king and all the troops who are with him will be swallowed up whole.’” Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, send quickly, and report to David, saying: 'You shall not stay this night in the plains of the desert. Instead, without delay, go across. Otherwise the king may be engulfed, and all the people who are with him.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over: lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is with him. |
David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, ‘Get up. We have to flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! Leave quickly, or he will overtake us quickly, heap disaster on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.’
Remember, I’ll wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.’
Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Report everything you hear from the palace to the priests Zadok and Abiathar.
When this corruptible body is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory. ,
Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
Then Jonathan called to him, ‘Hurry up and don’t stop! ’ Jonathan’s servant picked up the arrow and returned to his master.