2 Samuel 17:3 - New International Version (Anglicised) and bring all the people back to you. The death of the man you seek will mean the return of all; all the people will be unharmed.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will bring back all the people to you. [The removal of] the man whom you seek is the assurance that all will return; and all the people will be at peace. American Standard Version (1901) and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. Common English Bible and I will bring all the people back to you like a bride comes back to her husband. It’s only one man’s life you are seeking; everyone else can be at peace.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man; for thou seekest but one man. And all the people shall be in peace. |
Then Abner said to David, ‘Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.’ So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. “Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace.
While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety’, destruction will come on them suddenly, as labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.