2 Samuel 20:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?”
2 Samuel 20:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 20:19 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 20:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?””
2 Samuel 20:19 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 20:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?”
2 Samuel 20:19 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 20:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I <FI>am<Fi> of the peaceable--faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?”
2 Samuel 20:19 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 20:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?”
2 Samuel 20:19 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 20:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I am one of them, that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: and thou goest about to destroy a citie, and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou deuoure the inheritance of the Lord?”
2 Samuel 20:19 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 20:19 in Context — 2 Samuel 20
17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
What Does 2 Samuel 20:19 Mean?
2 Samuel 20:19 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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