Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

2 Samuel 17:3

NETBible	and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone.¹ The entire army will return unharmed.”²
NIV © biblegateway 2Sa 17:3	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."
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 17:3	and I will bring back all the people to you. The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people will be at peace."
NLT © biblegateway 2Sa 17:3	and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only this man’s life that you seek. Then all the people will remain unharmed and peaceful."
MSG © biblegateway 2Sa 17:3	Then I'll bring the army back to you--a bride brought back to her husband! You're only after one man, after all. Then everyone will be together in peace!"
BBE © SABDAweb 2Sa 17:3	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Sa 17:3	and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace."
NKJV © biblegateway 2Sa 17:3	"Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace."
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KJV	And I will bring back <07725> (8686) all the people <05971> unto thee: the man <0376> whom thou seekest <01245> (8764) [is] as if all returned <07725> (8800)_: [so] all the people <05971> shall be in peace <07965>_.
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 17:3	and I will bring <07725> back <07725> all <03605> the people <05971> to you. The return <07725> of everyone <03605> depends on the man <0376> you seek <01245> ; then all <03605> the people <05971> will be at peace <07965> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ epistreqw <1994> V-FAI-1S panta <3956> A-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM laon <2992> N-ASM prov <4314> PREP se <4771> P-AS on <3739> R-ASM tropon <5158> N-ASM epistrefei <1994> V-PAI-3S h <3588> T-NSF numfh <3565> N-NSF prov <4314> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM andra <435> N-ASM authv <846> D-GSF plhn <4133> ADV quchn <5590> N-ASF enov <1519> A-GSM androv <435> N-GSM su <4771> P-NS zhteiv <2212> V-PAI-2S kai <2532> CONJ panti <3956> A-DSM tw <3588> T-DSM law <2992> N-DSM estai <1510> V-FMI-3S eirhnh <1515> N-NSF
NET [draft] ITL	and will bring <07725> the entire <03605> army <05971> back <07725> to <0413> you. In exchange for the life of the man <0376> you <0859> are seeking <01245> , you will get back <07725> everyone <03605> . The entire <03605> army <05971> will return <01961> unharmed <07965> .”
HEBREW	Mwls <07965> hyhy <01961> Meh <05971> lk <03605> sqbm <01245> hta <0859> rsa <0834> syah <0376> lkh <03605> bwsk <07725> Kyla <0413> Meh <05971> lk <03605> hbysaw (17:3) <07725>

NETBible

and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone.¹ The entire army will return unharmed.”²

NET Notes

¹tc Heb “like the returning of all, the man whom you are seeking.” The LXX reads differently: “And I will return all the people to you the way a bride returns to her husband, except for the life of the one man whom you are seeking.” The other early versions also struggled with this verse. Modern translations are divided as well: the NAB, NRSV, REB, and NLT follow the LXX, while the NASB and NIV follow the Hebrew text.

²tn Heb “all of the people will be safe.”