2 Samuel 17:3

In 11 translations

BSB

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.”LXX; see also DSS; MT and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you seek,

KJV

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.

WEB

and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”

ASV

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.

LSV

and I bring back all the people to you—as the turning back of the whole [except] the man whom you are seeking—[then] all the people are [at] peace.”

YLT

and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.

DBY

and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

DRC

And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.

GNV

And I will bring againe all the people vnto thee, and when all shall returne, (the man whome thou seekest being slaine) all the people shalbe in peace.

JPS

and I will bring back all the people unto thee; when all shall have returned, save the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.'

LXXE

And I will bring back all the people to thee, as a bride returns to her husband: only thou seekest the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace.

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WLC

וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה כָל־הָעָ֖ם אֵלֶ֑יךָ כְּשׁ֣וּב הַכֹּ֔ל הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֔שׁ כָּל־הָעָ֖ם יִהְיֶ֥ה שָׁלֽוֹם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπιστρέψω πάντα τὸν λαὸν πρὸς σὲ, ὃν τρόπον ἐπιστρέφει ἡ νύμφη πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς· πλὴν ψυχὴν ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς σὺ ζητεῖς, καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἔσται εἰρήνη.

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• 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.
• Isaiah 57:21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
• Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
• 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,…

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