2 Samuel 19:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!””
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“Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And now, rise, go out and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for by Jehovah I have sworn, that--thou art not going out--there doth not lodge a man with thee to-night; and this <FI>is<Fi> worse for thee than all the evil that hath come upon thee from thy youth till now.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 19:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- Psalms 71:4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
- Psalms 71:9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
- Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Psalms 129:1Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
- Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
- Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Hosea 2:14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
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