Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 15:20

2 Samuel chapter 15 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.19Then 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.

v.20This passage

v.21And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 61:7

    He shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

  • Psalms 59:15

    They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

  • Psalms 56:8

    Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

  • Psalms 89:14

    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

  • Psalms 85:10

    Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

  • 1 Samuel 23:13

    Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.