Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Joab blew the ram's horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
New American Standard Bible
Then
King James Version
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
Holman Bible
Afterward, Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab restrained them.
International Standard Version
At this, Joab sounded his battle trumpet and his troops stopped pursuing the other Israelis.
A Conservative Version
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab held back the people.
American Standard Version
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
Amplified
Then Joab blew the trumpet [to signal the end of the combat], and the men returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held them back.
Bible in Basic English
And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.
Darby Translation
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joab will strike upon the trumpet, and the people will turn back from pursuing after Israel: for Joab restrained the people.
King James 2000
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Joab blew on the trumpet and the troops returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab kept back the troops.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Joab blew a trumpet, and the people returned from following Israel: for Joab spared the people.
NET Bible
Then Joab blew the trumpet and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.
New Heart English Bible
Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
The Emphasized Bible
Then Joab blew with a horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, - for Joab had restrained the people.
Webster
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.
World English Bible
Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Orders delivered with trumpets
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 18:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Dies In Battle
15 And ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him. 16 And Joab blew the ram's horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest. And they laid a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled, each one to his tent.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:28
And Joab blew a ram's horn, and all the people stood still and did not pursue after Israel any more, nor did they fight any more.
2 Samuel 20:22
Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the ram's horn, and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
Numbers 10:2-10
Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them of beaten work. And they shall be used for the calling of the assembly and for causing the camps to go forward.
1 Corinthians 14:8
For also if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle?