2 Samuel 19:12

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?

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?'

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

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?'

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 And it came to pass that all the people were reproaching one another, throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, - the king, delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and, he, rescued us out of the hand of the Philistines, but, now, he hath fled out of the land, away from Absolom; ¹⁰ and, Absolom, whom we anointed over us, hath died in the battle. Now, therefore, why are, ye, silent as to bringing back the king? ¹¹ And, King David, sent unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak ye unto the elders of Judah, saying, Wherefore should ye be behindhand, in bringing back the king unto his home, - seeing that, the speech of all Israel, hath come unto the king, regarding his home? ¹² Mine own brethren, are ye, my bone and my flesh, are ye, - wherefore then should ye be behindhand in bringing back the king? ¹³ And, unto Amasa, shall ye say, Art not, thou, my bone and my flesh? So, let God do to me, and, so, let him add, if thou become not, prince of the army, before me continually, instead of Joab. ¹⁴ Thus bowed he the heart of all the men of Judah, as one man, - and they sent unto the king, Return, thou, and all thy servants. ¹⁵ Then the king returned, and came as far as the Jordan, - and, Judah, came to Gilgal, to go and meet the king, to escort the king over 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
And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

Genesis 19:14
And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons-in - law who were about to take his two daughters and said Arise come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale, - To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.

Genesis 19:22
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
When, the sun, had come forth on the earth, Lot had entered into Zoar.

Numbers 16:26
And he spake unto the assembly, saying - Remove I pray you from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them, - lest ye be carried off, in all their sins.

Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them one heart, and one way, That they may revere me, all the days, - For the good of them and of their children after them;

2 Peter 2:7
And, righteous Lot, when getting worn out by the behaviour of them who were impious in wantonness, he rescued -

2 Peter 2:9
Then the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; -

Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying - Come forth, my people, out of her, - that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive;

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.