2 Samuel 19:3
What does 2 Samuel 19:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 19:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;
- 2 Samuel 17:24
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
- 2 Samuel 19:32
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
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