2 Samuel 19:12
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
KJV
Fratres mei vos, os meum, et caro mea vos, quare novissimi reducitis regem ?
Vulgate
ἀδελφοί μοι ὑμεῖς, ὀστᾶ μου καὶ σάρκες μου ὑμεῖς· ἵνα τί γίνεσθε ἔσχατοι τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι τὸν βασιλέα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ;
LXX
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
ASV
וְ/הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד שָׁ֠לַח אֶל צָד֨וֹק וְ/אֶל אֶבְיָתָ֥ר הַ/כֹּהֲנִים֮ לֵ/אמֹר֒ דַּבְּר֞וּ אֶל זִקְנֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לָ֤/מָּה תִֽהְיוּ֙ אַֽחֲרֹנִ֔ים לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב אֶת הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל בֵּית֑/וֹ וּ/דְבַר֙ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּ֥א אֶל הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל בֵּיתֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 5:1 — Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- 2Sam 19:42 — And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any
- Gen 29:14 — And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.