2 Samuel 19:3 - Compare All Versions

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The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.

And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.

So they returned to the city quietly that day like troops come in when they are humiliated after fleeing in battle.

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

Joab was told that David was weeping and lamenting over Absalom. The day’s victory turned into a day of mourning as word passed through the army, “David is grieving over his son.” The army straggled back to the city that day demoralized, dragging their tails. And the king held his face in his hands and lamented loudly, O my son Absalom, Absalom my dear, dear son!

And the people entered the city surreptitiously that day, just as people who are humiliated surreptitiously flee in battle.

The people stole into the city [of Mahanaim] that day, as people who are humiliated and ashamed steal away when they retreat in battle.

That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.