2 Samuel 17:2
What does 2 Samuel 17:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 17:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who <FI>are<Fi> with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 11:50
nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
- John 18:4
Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye?
- Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
- Deuteronomy 25:18
how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
- Matthew 26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
- 2 Samuel 16:14
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
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