And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
What Does II Samuel 2:27 Mean?
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"Invoking the name of the Living God, Joab shifts the moral weight of the day's bloodshed back to the man who first proposed the "play" at the pool. He..."
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And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.
And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.
And Joab saith, `God liveth! for unless thou hadst spoken, surely then from the morning had the people gone up each from after his brother.'
Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother."
Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother."
Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother."
And Joab said, [As]God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
And Joab said, [As] God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
And Ioab sayde, As God liueth, if thou haddest not spoken, surely euen in the morning the people had departed euery one backe from his brother.
And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if thou hadst spoke sooner, even in the morning the people should have retired from pursuing after their brethren.
Then said Joab—As God liveth, surely, if thou hadst not spoken, then in the morning, the people would of themselves have gone up, every man from pursuing his brother.
And Joab said, As God lives, for if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up, each one from following his brother.
And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up each one from following his brother.
And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
Joab said, “⌞As God lives⌟, for if you had not spoken, the people would surely have gone up in the morning, each one of them ⌞from following after⌟ his brother.”
And Joab said: 'As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then only after the morning the people had gone away, every one from following his brother.'
And Joab said: “As the Lord lives, if you had spoken in the morning, the people would have withdrawn from pursuing their brothers.”
“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
And Joab seyde, The Lord lyueth, for if thou haddist spoke eerli, the puple pursuynge his brother hadde go awey.
