2 Samuel 19:3
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
In context
1 Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
2 And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
3 So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
2 Samuel 19:3 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
- KJV King James Version
- And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
- WEB World English Bible
- The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the people withdrew by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.