2 Samuel 17:3
What does 2 Samuel 17:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 17:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and I bring back all the people unto thee--as the turning back of the whole <FI>is<Fi> the man whom thou art seeking--all the people are peace.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:21
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
- Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
- Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
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