2 Samuel 12:28

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.””

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BSBPD

“Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 12:28 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. John 7:18He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

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