2 Samuel 20:6 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

ASV Byzantine Text

And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

Asang Khongca Bible

David mah Abishai khaeah, Bikri capa Sheba loe Absalom mah sak ih hmuen pongah kasae kue hmuen to sah tih; na angraeng ih kaminawk to kawkah loe, anih to patom ah; to tih ai nahaeloe sipae kacak thung ih vangpui thungah akun ueloe, ka ban thung hoiah loih moeng tih, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te dongah David loh Abishai taengah, “Absalom lakah Bikhri capa Sheba loh mamih taengah thae a huet pawn ni. Namah loh na boeipa kah sal rhoek ke khuen lamtah a hnukah hloem laeh. Khopuei vong cak te anih loh hmuh vetih mamih mikhmuh ah huul uh ve,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te dongah David loh Abishai taengah, “Absalom lakah Bikhri capa Sheba loh mamih taengah thae a huet pawn ni. Namah loh na boeipa kah sal rhoek ke khuen lamtah a hnukah hloem laeh. Khopuei vong cak Te anih loh hmuh vetih mamih mikhmuh ah huul uh ve,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I aku la o Davida ia Abisai, Ano, e oi aku ke ino a Seba ke keiki a Bikeri e hana mai ai ia kakou mamua o ka Abesaloma: e lawe oe i na kauwa a kou haku, a e alualu aku ia ia, o loaa ia ia na kulanakauhale i paa i ka pa, a hoopakele ia ia iho mai o kakou aku.

English Berean Standard Bible

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us. ”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Wa a rele Abichayi, li di l' konsa: -Cheba pral ban nou plis traka pase Absalon. Pran kòmandman lame mwen an. Pati dèyè l' anvan li gen tan jwenn yon lavil ak gwo ranpa pou l' chape anba men nou.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ait autem David ad Abisai: Nunc magis afflicturus est nos Seba filius Bochri quam Absalom: tolle igitur servos domini tui, et persequere eum, ne forte inveniat civitates munitas, et effugiat nos.

Bible in Basic English

And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et David dit à Abishaï : Maintenant Shéba, fils de Bicri, nous fera plus de mal qu’Absalom. Toi, prends les serviteurs de ton seigneur, et poursuis-le, de peur qu’il ne trouve des villes fortes, et qu’il ne se dérobe à nos yeux.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Protož řekl David Abizai: Již nyní hůře nám činiti bude Seba syn Bichri, nežli Absolon. Vezmi služebníky pána svého, a hoň jej, aby sobě nenalezl měst hrazených, a tak ušel by nám s očí.

Kosraean Bible

Na tokosra el fahk nu sel Abishai, “Sheba el ac orek lokoalok nu sesr yohk lukel Absalom. Us mwet luk an ac fahsrot ukwal, elan ma tia utyak nu in siti oasr pot ku we pwanang kut ac kofla sruokilya.”

World Portuguese Bible

Davi disse a Abisai: “Agora Seba, filho de Bicri, nos fará mais mal do que Absalão fez. Pegue os servos do seu senhor e persiga-o, para que ele não consiga cidades fortificadas para si e escape da nossa vista.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și David i-a spus lui Abișai: Acum Șeba, fiul lui Bicri, ne va face mai multă vătămare decât a făcut Absalom; ia tu pe servitorii domnului tău și urmărește-l, ca nu cumva să ajungă în cetățile întărite și să ne scape.

Brenton English Septuagint

And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထို့ကြောင့်မင်းကြီးသည်အဘိရှဲအား``ရှေဘ သည်အဗရှလုံထက်ပင်ပို၍ငါတို့အား ဒုက္ခပေးလိမ့်မည်။ ငါ၏လူတို့ကိုခေါ်၍သူ့ နောက်သို့လိုက်လော့။ သို့မဟုတ်လျှင်သူသည် မြို့ရိုးအခိုင်အမာရှိသည့်မြို့များကိုသိမ်း ယူကာငါတို့လက်မှလွတ်မြောက်သွားလိမ့် မည်'' ဟုမိန့်တော်မူ၏။-

Darby Translation

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da sprach David zu Abisai: Nun wird uns Scheba, der Sohn Bikris, mehr Übles tun als Absalom. Nimm du die Knechte deines Herrn und jage ihm nach, ob er nicht feste Städte für sich gefunden und sich unseren Augen entzogen hat.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen zeide David tot Abisai: Nu zal ons Seba, de zoon van Bichri, meer kwaads doen, dan Absalom; neem gij de knechten uws heren, en jaag hem achterna, opdat hij niet misschien vaste steden voor zich vinde, en zich aan onze ogen onttrekke.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

sprak David tot Abisjai: Nu zal Sjéba, de zoon van Bikri, ons nog gevaarlijker worden dan Absalom! Neem dus de eigen soldaten van uw heer en zet Sjéba achterna; anders verovert hij nog versterkte steden en ontsnapt hij ons.

Italian Diodati Bible

Laonde Davide disse ad Abisai: Ora Seba, figliuolo di Bicri, ci farà peggio che Absalom; prendi tu la gente del tuo signore, e perseguita Seba; che talora egli non si trovi alcune città forti, e scampi dagli occhi nostri.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And David said to Abisai: Now will Seba the son of Bochri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou therefore the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he find fenced cities, and escape us.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Dauid sayd to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs more harme then did Absalom: take thou therefore thy lords seruants and follow after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.

Danish Bible 1931

sagde David til Abisjaj: “Nu bliver Sjeba, Bikris Søn, os farligere end Absalom! Tag derfor din Herres Folk og sæt efter ham, for at han ikke skal kaste sig ind i befæstede Byer og slippe fra os!”

Leeser Tanakh

And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba' the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Abshalom: take thou the servants of thy Lord, and pursue after him, lest he succeed in reaching fortified cities, and withdraw himself from our eyes.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'

King James Version

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Đa-vít bèn nói với A-bi-sai rằng: Bây giờ, Sê-ba, con trai Biếc-ri, sẽ làm hại chúng ta hơn Aùp-sa-lôm. Vậy, ngươi hãy đem các chiến sĩ của chúa ngươi, đuổi theo Sê-la, kẻo nó choán lấy thành nào kiên cố, và thoát khỏi chúng ta chăng?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻApisai, “Ko eni ʻe lahi hake ʻi he kovi naʻe fai ʻe ʻApisalomi ʻae kovi ʻe fai kiate kitautolu ʻe Sepa ko e foha ʻo Pikili: ʻave ʻe koe ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa hoʻo ʻeiki, pea tuli kiate ia, telia naʻa ne maʻu ha ngaahi kolo kuo ʻāʻi, pea ne hao meiate kitautolu.”

French Ostervald Bible

Alors David dit à Abishaï: Maintenant Shéba, fils de Bicri, nous fera plus de mal qu'Absalom. Toi, prends les serviteurs de ton seigneur, et poursuis-le, de peur qu'il ne trouve des villes fortes, et que nous ne le perdions de vue.

Esperanto Bible

Tiam David diris al Abiŝaj: Nun Ŝeba, filo de Biĥri, faros al ni pli da malbono, ol Abŝalom; prenu do vi la servantojn de via sinjoro, kaj postkuru lin, por ke li ne trovu fortikigitajn urbojn kaj ne ŝirmu sin kontraŭ niaj okuloj.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

David dit alors à Abischaï: Schéba, fils de Bicri, va maintenant nous faire plus de mal qu’Absalom. Prends toi-même les serviteurs de ton maître et poursuis-le, de peur qu’il ne trouve des villes fortes et ne se dérobe à nos yeux.

German Luther Bible 1912

Da sprach David zu Abisai: Nun wird uns Seba, der Sohn Bichris, mehr Leides tun denn Absalom. Nimm du die Knechte deines Herrn und jage ihm nach, daß er nicht etwa für sich feste Städte finde und entrinne aus unsern Augen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take you with you the servants of your lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.

British English Septuagint 2012

And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take you with you the servants of your lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.

Majority Standard BIble

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

Webster Bible

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue him, lest he get for himself fortified cities, and escape us.

Revised Version

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape out of our sight.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Allora Davide disse ad Abishai: “Sheba, figliuolo di Bicri, ci farà adesso più male di Absalom; prendi tu la gente del tuo signore, e inseguilo onde non trovi delle città fortificate e ci sfugga”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

David dit à Abischaï : « Maintenant Schéba, fils de Bicri, va nous faire plus de mal qu’Absalom. Prends les serviteurs de ton seigneur et poursuis-le, de peur qu’il ne trouve des villes fortifiées et ne nous échappe. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y dijo David á Abisai: Seba hijo de Bichri nos hará ahora más mal que Absalom: toma pues tú los siervos de tu señor, y ve tras él, no sea que halle las ciudades fortificadas, y se nos vaya de delante.

Spanish BLL

Entonces David le dijo a Abisai: “Ahora Seba hijo de Bicri nos va a causar más daño que el mismo Absalón. Toma a los soldados de tu señor y persíguelo, no sea que encuentre ciudades amuralladas y se nos escape”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y dijo David a Abisai: Seba hijo de Bicri nos hará ahora más daño que Absalón; toma, pues, los siervos de tu señor, y ve tras él, no sea que halle ciudades fortificadas y se nos escape.

Croatian Bible

Tada David reče Abišaju: “Sad će nam Bikrijev sin Šeba biti opasniji nego Abšalom. Zato uzmi ljude svoga gospodara i pođi za njim u potjeru da se ne domogne tvrdih gradova i ne izmakne nam iz očiju!”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A David reče Avisaju: Sad će nam Seva, sin Vihrijev, činiti gore nego Avesalom. Nego uzmi sluge gospodara svog, i goni ga da ne nađe za se koji tvrd grad i ne umakne nam iz očiju.

German Textbibel

sagte David zu Joab: Nun wird uns Seba, der Sohn Bichris, noch größeres Unheil zufügen als Absalom; nimm du deines Herrn Leute und setze ihm nach, daß er nicht etwa befestigte Städte gewinnt und unser Auge beschattet.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And David said to Amasa, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than Absalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֔י עַתָּ֗ה יֵ֧רַֽע לָ֛נוּ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם אַ֠תָּה קַ֞ח אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י אֲדֹנֶ֨יךָ֙ וּרְדֹ֣ף אַחֲרָ֔יו פֶּן־מָ֥צָא ל֛וֹ עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻר֖וֹת וְהִצִּ֥יל עֵינֵֽנוּ׃