2 Samuel 17:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.””

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BSBPD

“and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and 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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 17:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 3:21Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
  2. Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
  3. Isaiah 57:21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
  4. 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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