2 Samuel 19:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’”
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“You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“my brethren ye <FI>are<Fi> , my bone and my flesh ye <FI>are<Fi> , and why are ye last to bring back the king?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 19:12 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- Judges 9:2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
- 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- 2 Samuel 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
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