2 Samuel 17:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.”
2 Samuel 17:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 17:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 17:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.””
2 Samuel 17:13 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 17:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. ”
2 Samuel 17:13 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 17:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.'”
2 Samuel 17:13 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 17:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And if he withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone found there. ”
2 Samuel 17:13 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 17:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Moreouer if he be gotten into a citie, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie, and we will draw it into the riuer, vntill there be not one small stone founde there.”
2 Samuel 17:13 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 17:13 in Context — 2 Samuel 17
11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
What Does 2 Samuel 17:13 Mean?
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