3And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.


In Context

1 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.

2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.

3 And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.

4 And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

5 But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.

2 Samuel 17:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:3and bring all the people back to you. The death of the man you seek will mean the return of all; all the people will be unharmed."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:3and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned:'so all the people shall be in peace.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:3and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And I will bring back all the people to thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole is the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.