2 Samuel 17:16
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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
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 15:28See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
- 1 Corinthians 15:54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
- Psalm 56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
- Psalm 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
- Psalm 55:8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
- 2 Samuel 17:21-2221 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.21 After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.” 22 So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
- Psalm 57:3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
- Proverbs 6:4-54 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- 2 Samuel 20:19-2019 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.19 I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?” 20 “Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
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People and places
People: David
Places: Jordan