2 Samuel 19:12

The NET Bible®

You are my brothers—my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are my brothers, my flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’

Hebrew Names Version
You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?

King James Version
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

Lexham English Bible
My brothers, you are my bones and you are my flesh. Why should you be the last to bring back the king?'

English Standard Version
You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

New Century Version
You are my brothers, my own family. Why are you the last tribe to bring back the king?'

Amplified Bible
'You are my brothers (relatives, relations); you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?'

New American Standard Bible
'You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the last that bring the King againe?

Legacy Standard Bible
You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to have the king return?'

Contemporary English Version
He is your brother, your own relative! Why haven't you done anything to bring him back?"

Complete Jewish Bible
King David sent this message to Tzadok and Evyatar the cohanim: "Ask the leaders of Y'hudah, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace? The king has already heard that all Isra'el wants to return him to his palace.

Darby Translation
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?

Easy-to-Read Version
You are my brothers, my family, so why are you the last tribe to bring the king back?'

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to them, You are my brethren and my flesh and my bones, why then are you the last to return to the king?

Good News Translation
You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood; why should you be the last to bring me back?"

Literal Translation
You are my brother; you are my bone and my flesh. And why are you the last to bring back the king?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ye are my brethren, my bone, and my flesh. Wherfore wyl ye then be the last to brynge the kynge agayne?

American Standard Version
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

Bible in Basic English
You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye are my brethren, my bones, and my fleshe: Wherfore then are ye the last that bryng the king againe?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying: 'Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying: Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house?--For the speech of all Israel was come to the king, to bring him to his house.--

King James Version (1611)
Yee are my brethren, Yee are my bones and my flesh: wherfore then are ye the last to bring backe the king?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?

English Revised Version
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

Berean Standard Bible
You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye ben my britheren, ye ben my boon and my fleisch; whi the laste bryngen ye ayens the kyng?

Young's Literal Translation
my brethren ye [are], my bone and my flesh ye [are], and why are ye last to bring back the king?

Update Bible Version
You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh: why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

World English Bible
You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?

New King James Version
You are my brethren, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?'

New Living Translation
You are my relatives, my own tribe, my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to welcome back the king?"

New Life Bible
You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why should you be the last to bring back the king?'

New Revised Standard
You are my kin, you are my bone and my flesh; why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mine own brethren, are ye, my bone and my flesh, are ye, - wherefore then should ye be behindhand in bringing back the king?

Douay-Rheims Bible
You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king?

Revised Standard Version
You are my kinsmen, you are my bone and my flesh; why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

Contextual Overview

⁹ All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom. ¹⁰ But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?" ¹¹ Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, "Tell the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace, when everything Israel is saying has come to the king's attention. ¹² You are my brothers—my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?' ¹³ Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!'" ¹⁴ He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, "Return, you and all your servants as well." ¹⁵ So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. Now the people of Judah had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him cross the Jordan.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

my bones: 2 Samuel 5:1, Genesis 2:23, Judges 9:2, Ephesians 5:30

Reciprocal: Genesis 29:14 - art my 2 Samuel 19:42 - Because 1 Chronicles 11:1 - Behold

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

Genesis 19:14
Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said, "Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.

Genesis 19:17
When they had brought them outside, they said, "Run for your lives! Don't look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!"

Genesis 19:22
Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

Genesis 19:23
The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.

Numbers 16:26
And he said to the community, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins."

Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.

2 Peter 2:7
and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

2 Peter 2:9
—if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,

Revelation 18:4
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh,.... Being of the same tribe, and therefore he should deal gently with them, as if they were parts of his body; and not be severe upon them, for the hand they had in the conspiracy, as they might fear:

and wherefore then are ye the last to bring the king back? since they were so nearly related to him, and he so ready to forgive them.