Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 19:7
7Now 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!”
2 Samuel 19:7 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, arise, go out and speak comfort to your servants. For I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.”
Context of 2 Samuel 19:7
5Then 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. 6You 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!” 8So 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. 9And 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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וְעַתָּה֙ ק֣וּם צֵ֔א וְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־לֵ֣ב עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ כִּי֩ בַיהוָ֨ה נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּי כִּי־אֵינְךָ֣ יוֹצֵ֗א אִם־יָלִ֨ין אִ֤ישׁ אִתְּךָ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה וְרָעָ֧ה לְךָ֣ זֹ֗את מִכָּל־הָרָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אָה עָלֶ֔יךָ מִנְּעֻרֶ֖יךָ עַד־עָֽתָּה׃ סRead the interlinear
- Now thereforeעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
- get upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- Go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- and speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- and speakעַל‛al · uponH5921
- comfort toלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- your servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- I swearשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
- by the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- you do notאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
- notאִם'im · if: surely noH518
- a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- will remainלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
- with youאֵת'êth · withH854
- tonightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- Thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
- will be worseרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
- than allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- the adversityרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
- thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- has befallenבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- from your youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
- untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 19:7
- Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Hosea 2:14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
- Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
- Psalms 71:4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
- Psalms 129:1Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19:7
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7These verses record the only time that Joab openly corrected David (compare 2 Samuel 24:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Now ... arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants--The king felt the truth of Joab's reprimand; but the threat by which it was enforced, grounded as it was on the general's unbounded popularity with the army, showed him to be a dangerous person; and that circumstance, together with the violation of an express order to deal gently for his sake with Absalom, produced in David's mind a settled hatred, which was strongly manifested in his…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19
- 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
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