2 Samuel 10:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.”
2 Samuel 10:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 10:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 10:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.””
2 Samuel 10:5 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 10:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.”
2 Samuel 10:5 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 10:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and they declare <FI>it<Fi> to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up--then ye have returned.'”
2 Samuel 10:5 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 10:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they told [it] to David; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Abide at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.”
2 Samuel 10:5 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 10:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When it was told vnto Dauid, he sent to meete them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the King sayde, Tary at Iericho, vntill your beards be growen, then returne.”
2 Samuel 10:5 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 10:5 in Context — 2 Samuel 10
3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.
7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
What Does 2 Samuel 10:5 Mean?
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