Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 15:20
20Besides, you only arrived yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I go wherever I can? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”
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
18while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the people of Gath — six hundred men who came with him from there — marched past the king. 19The king said to Ittai of Gath, “Why are you also going with us? Go back and stay with the new king since you’re both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland. Besides, you only arrived yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I go wherever I can? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.” 21But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, “As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there!” 22“March on,” David replied to Ittai. So Ittai of Gath marched past with all his men and the dependents who were with him.
Read all of 2 Samuel 152 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 yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
- Psalms 59:15They scavenge for food; they growl if they are not satisfied.
- Amos 8:12People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east seeking the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
- Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.
- 1 Samuel 23:13So David and his men, numbering about six hundred, left Keilah at once and moved from place to place. When it was reported to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he called off the expedition.
- 2 Samuel 2:6Now, may the Lord show kindness and faithfulness to you, and I will also show the same goodness to you because you have done this deed.
- Psalms 25:10All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep his covenant and decrees.
- Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me, challenging the one who tramples me.Selah God sends his faithful love and truth.
- Psalms 61:7May he sit enthroned before God forever. Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.
- Psalms 85:10Faithful love and truth will join together; righteousness and peace will embrace.
- Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; faithful love and truth go before you.
- Proverbs 14:22Don’t those who plan evil go astray? But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.
- John 1:17for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- 2 Timothy 1:16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
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
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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
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