2 Samuel 17:16

Bible › 2 Samuel › Chapter 17 › Verse 16

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

In other translations

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

Hebrew words

וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258שִׁלְחוּshilchusendH7971מְהֵרָהmeherahquicklyH4120וְהַגִּידוּvehagiduand tellH5046לְדָוִדledavidto DavidH1732לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559אַל־'al-may notH408תָּלֶןtalenyou pass [the] nightH3885הַלַּיְלָהhalaylahthis nightH3915בְּעַרְבוֹתbe'arvotat [the] desert plains ofH6160הַמִּדְבָּרhamidbarthe wildernessH4057וְגַםvegamand alsoH1571עָבוֹרavorcertainly <to pass over>H5674תַּעֲבוֹרta'avoryou will pass overH5674פֶּןpenlestH6435יְבֻלַּעyevula'it should be swallowed upH1104לַמֶּלֶךְlamelekhto the kingH4428וּלְכָל־ulekhol-and to allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834אִתּוֹ׃'ito[is] with himH854

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: David

Places: Jordan

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