2 Samuel 15:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The king said to Ittai the Gittite, 'Why should you go with us too? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you also going with us? Return to your place, and stay with the king: for you are a stranger and also an exile.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then said{H559} the king{H4428} to Ittai{H863} the Gittite,{H1663} Wherefore goest{H3212} thou also with us? return,{H7725} and abide{H3427} with the king:{H4428} for thou art a foreigner,{H5237} and also an exile;{H1540} [return] to thine own place.{H4725}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then said{H559}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} to Ittai{H863} the Gittite{H1663}, Wherefore goest{H3212}{(H8799)} thou also with us? return{H7725}{(H8798)} to thy place{H4725}, and abide{H3427}{(H8798)} with the king{H4428}: for thou art a stranger{H5237}, and also an exile{H1540}{(H8802)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the kynge sayde vnto Ithai ye Gethite: Why goest thou also with vs? Turne backe, and byde with the kynge, for thou art a straunger: get the hence agayne vnto thy place.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then sayde the King to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore commest thou also with vs? Returne aud abide with the King, for thou art a stranger: depart thou therefore to thy place.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then sayde the king to Ithai the Gethite: Wherfore commest thou with vs? Returne, and abyde with the king, for thou art a straunger, depart therfore to thy place.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why go you also with us? return, and abide with the king: for you are a foreigner, and also an exile; [return] to your own place.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the king saith unto Ittai the Gittite, `Why dost thou go -- thou also -- with us? turn back -- and abide with the king, for thou `art' a stranger, and also an exile thou -- to thy place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king: for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile; `return' to thine own place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king: for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile; [return] to thine own place.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite,“Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 David divided the troops into three groups: one-third under Joab, one-third under Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one-third under Ittai the Gittite. Then the king said to the troops, 'I will also go into battle with you.'
  • Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters. I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters, it is more bitter for me than for you because the LORD’s hand has turned against me."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 15:20-23
    4 verses
    85%

    20 ‘You only came yesterday, so why should I make you wander with us today? I must go wherever I can. Return and take your brothers with you. May kindness and faithfulness be with you.’

    21 But Ittai answered the king, 'As surely as the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be—whether for death or for life—there your servant will be.'

    22 David said to Ittai, 'Go ahead, cross over.' So Ittai the Gittite and all his men and their families crossed over with him.

    23 The whole countryside wept aloud as the king and all the people passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley, and the people moved on toward the wilderness.

  • 2 Sam 15:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17 The king went out with all the people following him, and they stopped at a place some distance away.

    18 All his servants passed by him, along with all the Kerethites, Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had come with him from Gath, marching past in front of the king.

  • 2 Sam 18:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 David divided the troops into three groups: one-third under Joab, one-third under Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one-third under Ittai the Gittite. Then the king said to the troops, 'I will also go into battle with you.'

    3 But the people replied, 'You must not go with us. If we are forced to flee, no one will care about us. Even if half of us die, no one will pay attention. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for you to provide support from the city.'

  • 2 Sam 14:13
    73%

    13 The woman said, "Why have you devised such a thing against the people of God? By making this decision, the king is convicting himself for not bringing back his own banished son."

  • 2 Sam 19:25
    72%

    25 Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, also went down to meet the king. He had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.

  • 2 Sam 19:7-12
    6 verses
    72%

    7 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that commanders and servants mean nothing to you. I can see that if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you.

    8 Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come upon you from your youth until now."

    9 So the king got up and sat in the gateway. When the people were told, "The king is sitting in the gateway," they all came before him. Meanwhile, the Israelites fled to their homes.

    10 All the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies, he saved us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.

    11 And Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"

    12 Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his house?'

  • 2 Sam 16:17
    72%

    17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this the loyalty you show your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?"

  • 2 Sam 15:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, 'Do you not see? Go back to the city in peace, with your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you.'

    28 'Look, I will wait in the wilderness plains until I receive a message from you to tell me what to do.'

  • 2 Sam 15:33-35
    3 verses
    72%

    33 David said to him, 'If you come with me, you will be a burden to me.'

    34 'But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “Your servant will serve you, O king; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,” then you can thwart Ahithophel’s advice for me.'

    35 'Aren’t Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you? Whatever you hear in the king’s palace, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.'

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    71%

    15 He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one person. They sent word to the king, 'Return, you and all your men.'

  • 1 Sam 29:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 Now turn back and go in peace, so you don’t displease the Philistine rulers.

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  • 1 Sam 26:19
    71%

    19 Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD, because they have driven me out today to prevent me from having a share in the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

  • 2 Sam 19:36-40
    5 verses
    71%

    36 I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and bad? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

    37 Your servant will merely cross the Jordan with the king for a short distance. Why should the king reward me with such a benefit?

    38 Let your servant dwell here and die in my own town near the graves of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you."

    39 The king said, "Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever you desire. And anything you request of me, I will do for you."

    40 So all the people crossed the Jordan, and the king crossed too. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him. Then Barzillai returned to his own home.

  • 2 Sam 19:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33 Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.

    34 The king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me, and I will provide for you in Jerusalem."

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    70%

    9 The king said to him, 'Go in peace.' So he got up and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 19:19
    70%

    19 and crossed at the ford to bring the king's household over and to do whatever pleased him. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36
    70%

    36 Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, 'Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live here. Do not leave this city to go anywhere else.'

  • 2 Sam 18:30
    70%

    30 The king said, 'Stand aside and wait here.' So he stepped aside and stood there.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    70%

    16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!" So the Israelites went home.

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    70%

    22 But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, 'Shouldn't Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed the LORD's anointed!'

  • 1 Sam 27:5
    69%

    5 Then David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the country towns, so that I may live there. Why should your servant remain living in the royal city with you?"

  • 2 Sam 19:29
    69%

    29 All my grandfather's descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king. But you placed your servant among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?

  • 2 Sam 15:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, 'Arise, let us flee, or there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Hurry and leave, or he will quickly overtake us, bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.'

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    69%

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    69%

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  • 2 Sam 16:19
    69%

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    69%

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  • 1 Sam 20:19
    69%

    19 The day after tomorrow, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and stay by the stone Ezel.