2 Samuel 19:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?”
2 Samuel 19:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 19:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 19:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’”
2 Samuel 19:12 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 19:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? ”
2 Samuel 19:12 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 19:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“my brethren ye <FI>are<Fi> , my bone and my flesh ye <FI>are<Fi> , and why are ye last to bring back the king?”
2 Samuel 19:12 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 19:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king? ”
2 Samuel 19:12 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 19:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the last that bring the King againe?”
2 Samuel 19:12 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 19:12 in Context — 2 Samuel 19
10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
What Does 2 Samuel 19:12 Mean?
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