2 Samuel 17:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and I will frighten him. All the people with him will flee, and I will strike down only the king.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king only:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, {H3027} and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and fall vpo him whan he is feble and weery: When I vexe him the, so that all the people which is by him, flieth, I wil smite the kynge onely,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I wil come vpo him whyle he is weery and weake handed, and will feare him: And all the people that are with him, shall flee, and so will I smite the king only,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and I will come on him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who `are' with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 16:14 : 14 The king and all the people with him arrived exhausted, and he refreshed himself there.
  • 1 Kgs 22:31 : 31 Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two chariot commanders, 'Do not fight with anyone, whether small or great, except the king of Israel alone.'
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!'
  • Matt 26:31 : 31 Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of Me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
  • John 11:50 : 50 'You do not realize that it is better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.'
  • Deut 25:18 : 18 how he met you on the road, attacked all who were lagging behind you when you were tired and weary, and he did not fear God.
  • John 18:4-8 : 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, 'Whom are you looking for?' 5 They answered him, 'Jesus the Nazarene.' Jesus said to them, 'I am he.' Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus said to them, 'I am he,' they stepped back and fell to the ground. 7 Jesus asked them again, 'Whom are you looking for?' And they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene.' 8 Jesus answered, 'I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.'

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