Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 17:3

2 Samuel chapter 17 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.2and 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;

v.3This passage

v.4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

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.