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;
Who and where
◆ 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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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 19:13 in some Bibles
- 19:12 in most Bibles