2 Samuel 10:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me: but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Joab said, 'If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you will help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said,{H559} If the Syrians{H758} be too strong{H2388} for me, then thou shalt help{H3444} me; but if the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} be too strong{H2388} for thee, then I will come{H1980} and help{H3467} thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, If the Syrians{H758} be too strong{H2388}{(H8799)} for me, then thou shalt help{H3444} me: but if the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} be too strong{H2388}{(H8799)} for thee, then I will come{H1980}{(H8804)} and help{H3467}{(H8687)} thee.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And sayde: Yf ye Syrians be to mightie for me, helpe thou me: but yf the children of Ammon be to mightie for the, I shal helpe the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he sayde, If the Aramites be stronger then I, thou shalt helpe me, and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, I will come and succour thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he saide: If the Syrians be stronger then I, thou shalt helpe me: But if the children of Ammon be to strong for thee, I will come and succour thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Joab said,“If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 19:9-9 : 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and set the battle in array before the gate of the city; and the kings that came were by themselves in the field. 10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered to the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 12 And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
  • Neh 4:20 : 20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.
  • Luke 22:32 : 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith does not fail: and when you have returned, strengthen your brethren.
  • Rom 15:1 : 1 We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
  • Phil 1:27-28 : 27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; 28 And not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a sign of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

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    11 And the rest of the people he delivered to the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

    12 And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

    13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God; and let the LORD do what is good in his sight.

    14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

    15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 10:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12 Be of good courage, and let us be valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do what seems good to him.

    13 And Joab drew near, and the people who were with him, to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

    14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

    15 And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

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    1 And it happened after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

    2 Then David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me. So David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

    3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, that he has sent comforters to you? Has not David rather sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

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    6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

    7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

    8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

    9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose all the elite men of Israel, and set them in array against the Syrians.

    10 And the rest of the people he entrusted to the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might set them in array against the children of Ammon.

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