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2 Samuel 15:8

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

KJV

Vovens enim vovit servus tuus cum esset in Gessur Syriæ, dicens : Si reduxerit me Dominus in Jerusalem, sacrificabo Domino.

Vulgate

ὅτι εὐχὴν ηὔξατο ὁ δοῦλός σου ἐν τῷ οἰκεῖν με ἐν Γεδσοὺρ ἐν Συρίᾳ λέγων Ἐὰν ἐπιστρέφων ἐπιστρέψῃ με Κύριος εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ λατρεύσω τῷ κυρίῳ.

LXX

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.

ASV

כִּי נֵ֨דֶר֙ נָדַ֣ר עַבְדְּ/ךָ֔ בְּ/שִׁבְתִּ֥/י בִ/גְשׁ֛וּר בַּ/אֲרָ֖ם לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אִם ישיב יָשׁ֨וֹב יְשִׁיבֵ֤/נִי יְהוָה֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְ/עָבַדְתִּ֖י אֶת יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָ֔ם
'rm
proper_noun · 133×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גְּשׁ֑וּר
gshvr
proper_noun · 9×
י
y
noun · 59×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 287×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
תִּדֹּ֨ר
tdr
verb · 31×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:11 — And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man ch
  • 2Sam 13:37 — But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
  • Gen 28:20 — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
  • Gen 28:20 — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
  • Gen 28:21 — So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
  • Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.