2 Samuel 17:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.”
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“Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we <FI>are<Fi> upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who <FI>are<Fi> with him even one.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 17:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 23:23Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
- 1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- 2 Kings 18:23Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
- 2 Kings 19:24I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
- Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
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