2 Samuel 15:20

2 Samuel 15:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)In fact, you came only yesterday. Should I make you wander up and down with us today, since I go I know not where? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you.”

Context of 2 Samuel 15:20

18All of David’s servants passed on beside him, and all the Cherethites, Pelethites and the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you go with us, too? Go back and stay with the king [of your own country], for you are a foreigner and an exile as well; return to your own place. You came only yesterday, so should I make you wander with us today while I go where I will? Return and take your brothers back with you also. May lovingkindness and faithfulness be with you.” 21But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, most certainly wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or life, there will your servant be also.” 22So David said to Ittai, “Go on and cross over [the Brook Kidron].” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

2 Samuel 15:20 word by word

תְּמ֣וֹל׀ בּוֹאֶ֗ךָ וְהַיּ֞וֹם אֲנִֽיעֲךָ֤ עִמָּ֙נוּ֙ לָלֶ֔כֶת וַאֲנִ֣י הוֹלֵ֔ךְ עַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֖י הוֹלֵ֑ךְ שׁ֣וּב וְהָשֵׁ֧ב אֶת־אַחֶ֛יךָ עִמָּ֖ךְ חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereas thou camestבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• yesterdayתְּמוֹלtemôl temôl · yesterdayH8543
• should I this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• make thee goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• up and downנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
• with us? seeing I goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• whither I may, returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• thy brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• mercyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• and truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 15:20

• Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not recorded in Your book?
• Psalms 59:15They wander around for food [to devour] And growl all night if they are not satisfied.
• Amos 8:12People shall stagger from sea to sea [to the very ends of the earth] And from the north even to the east; They will roam here and there to seek the word of the Lord [longing for it as essential for life], But they will not find it.
• Hebrews 11:37They were stoned [to death], they were sawn in two, they were lured with tempting offers [to renounce their faith], they were put to death by the sword; they went about wrapped in the skins of sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated
• 1 Samuel 23:13Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and left Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the pursuit.
• 2 Samuel 2:6Now may the Lord show lovingkindness and truth and faithfulness to you. I too will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.
• Psalms 25:10All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
• Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah. God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.
• Psalms 61:7He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God; Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.
• Psalms 85:10Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together; Righteousness and peace kiss each other.
• Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
• Proverbs 14:22Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness? But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
• John 1:17For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• 2 Timothy 1:16The Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and showed me kindness [comforting and reviving me like fresh air] and he was not ashamed of my chains [for Christ’s sake];

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 15:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Mercy and truth be with thee - May God ever show thee mercy, as thou showest it to me, and his truth ever preserve thee from error and delusion!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Thou camest but yesterday - Meaning, “Thou art not a native Israelite, but only a sojourner for a few years, it is not reason therefore that thou shouldst share my calamities. Return to thy place, thy adopted home Jerusalem, and to the king, Absalom” 2 Samuel 15:34-35.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-23Verses 13-23 David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom he could justify himself, and stand out; but before the righteous God he must condemn himself, and yield to his judgments. Thus he accepts the punishment of his sin. And good men, when they themselves suffer, are anxious that others should not be led to suffer with them. He compelled none; those whose hearts were with…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2018-20. all the Gittites, six hundred men--These were a body of foreign guards, natives of Gath, whom David, when in the country of the Philistines, had enlisted in his service, and kept around his person. Addressing their commander, Ittai, he made a searching trial of their fidelity in bidding them (2Sa 15:19) abide with the new king.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 15:20

• Aliens
• David
• Friendship
• Gath
• Ittai
• Unselfishness

In the dictionaries

• Appoint
• Barefoot
• David
• Hear
• Ittai
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• Steal
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• Bible, the
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings