2-samuel 17:3

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And 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.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And 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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

and 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.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

Webster's Revision

And 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.

World English Bible

and 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."

English Revised Version (ERV)

and 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.

Clarke's 2-samuel 17:3 Bible Commentary

The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned - Only secure David, and all Israel will be on thy side. He is the soul of the whole; destroy him, and all the rest will submit.

Barnes's 2-samuel 17:3 Bible Commentary

The man whom thou seekest - namely, David. Ahithophel means to say: "If I can only smite David, there will be no civil war, all the people will peaceably submit."