2-samuel 17:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
American Standard Version (ASV)
and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned:'so all the people shall be in peace.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
Webster's Revision
And I will bring back all the people to thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
World English Bible
and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace."
English Revised Version (ERV)
and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
Clarke's 2-samuel 17:3 Bible Commentary
The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned - Only secure David, and all Israel will be on thy side. He is the soul of the whole; destroy him, and all the rest will submit.
Barnes's 2-samuel 17:3 Bible Commentary
The man whom thou seekest - namely, David. Ahithophel means to say: "If I can only smite David, there will be no civil war, all the people will peaceably submit."