2 Samuel 15:28
What does 2 Samuel 15:28 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 15:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000See, I will tarry at the fords of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901See, I will tarry at the fords of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862see ye, I am tarrying in the plains of the wilderness till the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold I will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness, till there come word from you to certify me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890See, I will stop in the plains of the desert, until there come word from you to inform me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 15:23
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- 2 Samuel 17:16
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.
- 2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
- 2 Samuel 17:1
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
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