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."


In Context

1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

2 I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king

3 and 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."

4 This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

5 But Absalom said, "Summon also Hushai the Arkite, so we can hear what he has to say."

2nd Samuel 17:3 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And 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.

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.