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2 Samuel 19:2–3

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.” And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

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2 Samuel 19:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.” 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)

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. 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)

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. 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)

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.” 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)

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. 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)

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. 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)

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. 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)

The victory of that day was turned into mourning because all the troops heard that the king was grieving for his son. 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)

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.” 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)

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.” 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)

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.” 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)

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.” 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)

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.”

So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle.


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