2 Samuel 19:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?”
A short, plain-language explanation of 2 Samuel 19:36 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 19:36 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
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