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David Restored as King

2 Samuel 19:12

In 11 translations

BSB
You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
KJV
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
WEB
You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
ASV
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
LSV
you [are] my brothers, you [are] my bone and my flesh, and why are you last to bring back the king?
YLT
my brethren ye [are], my bone and my flesh ye [are], and why are ye last to bring back the king?
DBY
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?
DRC
You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king?
GNV
Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the last that bring the King againe?
JPS19:13
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?
LXXE19:13
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?

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Original-language editions

WLC19:13
אַחַ֣י אַתֶּ֔ם עַצְמִ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֖י אַתֶּ֑ם וְלָ֧מָּה תִהְי֛וּ אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃KJV:2Sam.19.12
LXX-Br19:13
Ἀδελφοί μου ὑμεῖς, ὀστᾶ μου καὶ σάρκες μου ὑμεῖς· ἱνατί γίνεσθε ἔσχατοι τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι τὸν βασιλέα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ;

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◆ Reign of David

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
  • Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
  • 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.”
  • 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.”

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  • 19:13 in some Bibles
  • 19:12 in most Bibles

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