2 Samuel 17:2

New Revised Standard

I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged, and throw him into a panic; and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged, throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king

Hebrew Names Version
and I will come on him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only;

King James Version
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

Lexham English Bible
I will come upon him while he is weary and weak. I will startle him, and all of the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king while he is alone.

English Standard Version
I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,

New Century Version
I'll catch him while he is tired and weak, and I'll frighten him so all his people will run away. But I'll kill only King David.

New English Translation
When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

Amplified Bible
"I will strike while he is weary and exhausted, and terrify him; and all the people with him will flee [in terror]. Then I will attack the king alone,

New American Standard Bible
"And I will attack him while he is weary and exhausted and startle him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike and kill the king when he is alone,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will come upon him while he is weary with his hands falling limp and throw him into utter fright, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,

Contemporary English Version
while he is tired and discouraged. He will panic, and everyone with him will run away. I won't kill anyone except David,

Complete Jewish Bible
I'll fall on him unexpectedly when he's tired and powerless. I'll frighten him, all the people with him will flee, and I'll attack only the king.

Darby Translation
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

Easy-to-Read Version
I will catch him while he is tired and weak. I will frighten him, and all his people will run away. But I will kill only King David.

George Lamsa Translation
And I will overtake him while he is weary and weak, and I will throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him shall flee, and I will kill the king only;

Good News Translation
I will attack him while he is tired and discouraged. He will be frightened, and all his men will run away. I will kill only the king

Literal Translation
And I shall come on him, and he shall be weary and feeble handed. And I will make him tremble, and the people with him shall flee. And I shall strike the king by himself.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and fall vpo him whan he is feble and weery: When I vexe him the, so that all the people which is by him, flieth, I wil smite the kynge onely,

American Standard Version
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

Bible in Basic English
And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wil come vpo him whyle he is weery and weake handed, and will feare him: And all the people that are with him, shall flee, and so will I smite the king only,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

King James Version (1611)
And I wil come vpon him while hee is wearie and weake handed, and wil make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee, and I will smite the king onely.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and I will come upon him when he is weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will smite the king only of all.

English Revised Version
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

Berean Standard Bible
I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal falle on hym, for he is wery, and with vnboundun hondis Y schal smyte hym. And whanne al the puple fleeth which is with hym, Y schal smyte the kyng `desolat, ether left aloone.

Young's Literal Translation
and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

Update Bible Version
and I will come on him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

World English Bible
and I will come on him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only;

New King James Version
I will come upon him while he is weary and weak, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king.

New Living Translation
I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king,

New Life Bible
I will come upon him while he is tired and weak. I will fill him with fear so that all the people who are with him will run away. Then I will kill the king alone

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and let me come upon him, when, he, is weary, and weak-handed, so shall I strike him with terror, and all the people who are with him shall flee, - then will I smite the king alone:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.

Revised Standard Version
I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged, and throw him into a panic; and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down the king only,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and terrify him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,

Contextual Overview

¹ Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight. ² I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged, and throw him into a panic; and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king, ³ and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace." ⁴ The advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel. ⁵ Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear too what he has to say." ⁶ When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "This is what Ahithophel has said; shall we do as he advises? If not, you tell us." ⁷ Then Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good." ⁸ Hushai continued, "You know that your father and his men are warriors, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the troops. ⁹ Even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits, or in some other place. And when some of our troops fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.' ¹⁰ Then even the valiant warrior, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear; for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior, and that those who are with him are valiant warriors.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

weary: 2 Samuel 16:14, Deuteronomy 25:18

I will smite: 1 Kings 22:31, Zechariah 13:7, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 26:31, John 11:50, John 18:4-8

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:1 - his hands 2 Samuel 17:29 - to eat 2 Samuel 18:3 - if we flee 2 Samuel 20:21 - his head Nehemiah 4:11 - They shall not Psalms 25:19 - Consider Psalms 35:8 - into Psalms 55:10 - Day Psalms 64:2 - secret Psalms 71:4 - out of the Psalms 109:16 - he remembered Psalms 124:7 - Our soul James 3:6 - a world

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
"As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,

Genesis 12:2
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

Genesis 15:18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

Genesis 17:4
"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

Genesis 17:8
And I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are now an alien, all the land of Canaan, for a perpetual holding; and I will be their God."

Genesis 17:11
You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"

Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live in your sight!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will come upon him while he [is] weary,.... With travelling, and with grief, and when endeavouring to get some rest by sleep, and so surprise him unawares, when not on his guard, and in no posture of defence:

and weak handed; while the number of men with him is small, and before the people from different parts can come to his assistance:

and will make him afraid; strike terror into him and his then, by surprising them suddenly in the night with such a number of men:

and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; one one way, and another another, for their own security, and leave David alone:

and I will smite the king only; dispatch him, and let the people flee without pursuing them.