2 Samuel 19:2–3
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
2 And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.” 3 The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
2 As all the people heard of the king’s deep grief for his son, the joy of that day’s victory was turned into deep sadness. 3 They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
2 So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.” 3 And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
2 David’s army had won the battle that day. But it became a very sad day for all the people, because they heard that the king was very sad for his son. 3 The people came into the city quietly that day. They were like an army that had been defeated in battle and had run away.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son. 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son. 3 And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
2 The victory of that day was turned into mourning because all the troops heard that the king was grieving for his son. 3 That day the troops sneaked into the city as if they had fled from battle and were ashamed of it.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 That day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the troops because on that day the troops heard, “The king is grieving over his son.” 3 So they returned to the city quietly that day like people come in when they are humiliated after fleeing in battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
2 So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the troops; for the troops heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.” 3 The troops stole into the city that day as soldiers steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2 so the victory turned to mourning on that day for all the army, because they had heard that day, “The king is grieving over his son.” 3 The army came secretly into the city on that day because the army was disgraced when they fled in the battle,
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
2 The army had won a great battle that day. But their joy turned into sadness. That’s because someone had told the troops, “The king is filled with sorrow because his son is dead.” 3 The men came quietly into the city that day. They were like fighting men who are ashamed because they’ve run away from a battle.
2 Samuel 19:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
2 The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.”
3 So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle.