Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"I'll catch him while he is still tired and weak. I'll frighten him so all his people with him desert him. But I'll only kill the king.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
Holman Bible
I will attack him while he is weak and weary, throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king
A Conservative Version
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid. And all the people who are with him shall flee. And I will only smite the king,
American Standard Version
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
Amplified
I will
Bible in Basic English
And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:
Darby Translation
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall come upon him and he being weary and relaxed in hands, and I made him afraid: and all the people which are with him, fleeing; and I struck the king alone,
King James 2000
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will come upon him while he [is] weary and {weak}. I will startle him, and all of the people who [are] with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king [while] he [is] alone.
Modern King James verseion
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and I will make him tremble. And all the people with him will flee. And I will strike the king by himself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will fear him, that all the people that are with him shall flee. And so will I smite the king only,
NET Bible
When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king
New Heart English Bible
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;
The Emphasized Bible
and let me come upon him, when, he, is weary, and weak-handed, so shall I strike him with terror, and all the people who are with him shall flee, - then will I smite the king alone:
Webster
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
World English Bible
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;
Youngs Literal Translation
and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who are with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,
Themes
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Ahithophel
Diplomacy » Instances of » David, in sending hushai absalom's court
Friendship » Instances of » David and hushai
Malice » Instances of » Ahithophel toward david
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 17:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ahithophel's Advice
2 "I'll catch him while he is still tired and weak. I'll frighten him so all his people with him desert him. But I'll only kill the king. 3 Then I'll bring everybody else back to you. When the man you're looking for is dead, all the rest of the people will return quietly."
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:14
Eventually, the king and his entourage arrived exhausted at their destination, and David refreshed himself there.
1 Kings 22:31
Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to 32 of his chariot commanders: "Don't attack unimportant soldiers or ranking officers. Go after only the king of Israel."
Deuteronomy 25:18
how when you were very tired and weary, they lay in wait for you on the road and eliminated everyone who was lagging behind. They had no fear of God.
Zechariah 13:7
"Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the mighty one who is related to me," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "Strike the shepherd, the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the insignificant ones.
Matthew 21:38
But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'
Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me this very night, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
John 11:50
You don't realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed."
John 18:4-8
Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen, went forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"