Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
We will certainly die
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
International Standard Version
After all, even though we all die, and we're all like water being spilled on the ground that cannot be recovered, nevertheless God doesn't take away life, but carries out his plans so as not to cast away permanently from him those who are presently estranged.
A Conservative Version
For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, neither does God take away life, but devises means that he who is banished be not an outcast from him.
American Standard Version
For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
Amplified
For we will certainly die and are like water that is spilled on the ground and cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not [simply] take away life, but devises plans so that the one who is banished is not driven away from Him.
Bible in Basic English
For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.
Darby Translation
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.
Julia Smith Translation
For dying, we shall die, and as waters poured out on the earth, which will not be gathered; and God will not lift up the soul: and reckoning, he reckons that the fugitive shall not be driven out from him.
King James 2000
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet does he devise means, that his banished one be not expelled from him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For {we must certainly die}, and [we are] as the waters spilled to the ground which cannot be gathered. God will not take a life but devises plans for a banished person not to be cast out from him.
Modern King James verseion
For we must all die, and we are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. And God does not take a life, but has devised plans so that the outcast is not cast out from Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For we must needs die, and perish as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again: and God will not take away the life, but find the means that the banished be not utterly expelled from him.
NET Bible
Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.
New Heart English Bible
For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
The Emphasized Bible
For, when we, die, we become as water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, - therefore doth God not take away the life, but deviseth plans so as not to thrust out from him, a fugitive.
Webster
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
World English Bible
For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
Youngs Literal Translation
for we do surely die, and are as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.
Themes
Absalom » Is permitted by david to return to jerusalem
David » King of israel » Absalom's return
Dishonesty » Instances of » Joab's guile in securing absalom's return
intercession » Instances of » Joab for absalom
Joab » Son of david's sister » Procures the return of absalom to jerusalem
Kindness » Instances of » Joab to absalom
natural Life » Is compared to » Water spilt on the ground
Man » Mortality of » Universality of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » The woman of tekoah
Tact » Joab's trick in obtaining david's consent to the return of absalom
Topics
Interlinear
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Muwth
Mayim
Nagar
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Nephesh
Chashab
Machashabah
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 14:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joab Plots To Reconcile David With Absalom
13
The woman asked, “Why have you devised something similar against the people of God? When the king spoke as he did about this matter, he has pronounced his own guilt. The king has not brought back his own banished one.
14 We will certainly die
Cross References
Numbers 35:15
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
Numbers 35:25
The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers 35:28
for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses.
Job 30:23
the place
Job 34:15
and mankind would return to the dust.
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment
Exodus 21:13
But if he didn’t intend any harm,
Leviticus 26:40
“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe.
2 Samuel 11:25
David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him.”
Job 14:7-12
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its shoots will not die.
Job 14:14
If so, I would wait
until my relief comes.
Job 34:19
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
Psalm 22:14
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.
Psalm 58:7
they will aim their useless arrows.
Psalm 79:3
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.
Psalm 90:3
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
Psalm 90:10
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
Isaiah 50:1-2
This is what the Lord says:
that I used to send her away?
Or who were My creditors that I sold you to?
Look, you were sold for your iniquities,
and your mother was put away
because of your transgressions.
Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians.
Acts 10:34
Then Peter began to speak: “Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,
Romans 2:11
There is no favoritism with God.
1 Peter 1:17
And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially