2 Samuel 17:3 “and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husba…”

2 Samuel 17:3

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

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In context

2I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

4This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

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