2 Samuel 17:3

Hushai Counters Ahithophel’s Advice

2I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king 3and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

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Berean Standard Bible
and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.
Free Bible Version
and bring everybody else back to you. When everybody returns apart from the one man you're after, the whole country will be at peace.”
Geneva Bible 1599
And I will bring againe all the people vnto thee, and when all shall returne, (the man whome thou seekest being slaine) all the people shalbe in peace.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a ◄bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married►. You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
I will bring back all the people to you, like a bride coming to her husband, and all the people will be at peace under you.”
Noah Webster Bible
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.”
Young's Literal Translation
and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.