12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?


In Context

9 And all the people were at strife throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land because of Absalom.

10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle; and now why are ye silent as to bringing the king back?

11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to 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, to his house.

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?

13 And say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually instead of Joab.

14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as of one man; and they sent to the king, Return, thou and all thy servants.

2 Samuel 19:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:12You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?'

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:12You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12my brethren ye are, my bone and my flesh ye are, and why are ye last to bring back the king?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12You are my brothers, you are my bones and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?