2 Samuel 17:3
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17:3and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone.3 The entire army will return unharmed.”4
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- 3 Heb “like the returning of all, the man whom you are seeking.” The reads differently: “And I will return all the people to you the way a bride returns to her husband, except for the life of the one man whom you are seeking.” The other early versions also struggled with this verse. Modern translations are divided as well: the , , , and follow the , while the and follow the Hebrew text.
- 4 Heb “all of the people will be safe.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
and bring all the people back to you. The death of the man you seek will mean the return of all; all the people will be unharmed.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re looking for, all the people will be at peace.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man’s life that you seek. Then you will be at peace with all the people.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Then I will return all the people to you; when all have returned, the man whom you are seeking will be dead, but all the people will be safe.”
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KJV 1900King 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.
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