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2 Samuel 19:7

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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.

6 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!

Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”

8 So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.

9 And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.

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BSB
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
KJV
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
WEB
Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by the LORD, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”
ASV
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.
DARBY
But now arise, go forth, and speak consolingly to thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that would be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen thee from thy youth until now.
BLB
And now arise, go out, and speak to the heart of your servants, for by YHWH I swear, if you do not go out, not a man will stay with you [this] night. And this [is] worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”
ÅB
Stå nå opp og gå ut og tal vennlig til dine menn! For jeg sverger ved Herren at går du ikke ut, så blir det ikke en mann hos deg natten over, og dette vil bli verre for deg enn alt det onde som er kommet over deg fra din ungdom av til nå.
OTB
Stå derfor opp, gå ut og tal vennlig til dine tjenere, for jeg sverger ved Herren, hvis du ikke går ut, vil ingen mann bli hos deg i natt. Og dette vil være verre for deg enn all den ulykke som har kommet over deg fra din ungdom til nå."
B1930
Stå nu op og gå ut og tal vennlig til dine menn! For jeg sverger ved Herren at går du ikke ut, så blir det ikke en mann hos dig natten over, og dette vil bli verre for dig enn alt det onde som er kommet over dig fra din ungdom av til nu.

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