2 Samuel 19 · Verse 12

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?
2 Samuel 19:12, King James Version

2 Samuel 19:12 in other translations

BSBYou are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
WEBYou are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
ASVYe are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
YLTmy brethren ye are, my bone and my flesh ye are, and why are ye last to bring back the king?
DARBYYe are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?
BBEYou are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?
WebsterYe are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

What does 2 Samuel 19:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:9-15

God's providence, by the priests' persuasions and Amasa's interest, brought the people to resolve the recall of the king. David stirred not till he received this invitation. Our Lord Jesus will rule in those that invite him to the throne in their hearts, and not till he is invited. He first bows the heart, and makes it willing in the day of his power, then rules in the midst of his enemies, Psa 110:2, 3.

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2 Samuel 19:12 in the original Hebrew

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אַחַ֣י'a.Chai[are] brothers myH251
אַתֶּ֔ם'a.TemyouH859
עַצְמִ֥י'atz.Mi[are] bone myH6106
וּבְשָׂרִ֖יu.ve.sa.Riand flesh myH1320
אַתֶּ֑ם'a.TemyouH859
וְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?H4100
תִהְי֛וּtih.Yuwill you beH1961
אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים'a.cha.ro.Nim[the] last [people]H314
לְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.Shivto bring backH7725
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 19:12

  • 2 Samuel 5:1

    Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

  • Ephesians 5:30

    For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

  • Judges 9:2

    Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

  • Genesis 2:23

    And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

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my bones.
5:1; Ge 2:23; Jud 9:2; Eph 5:30

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 19:11

    And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

  • 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?

  • 2 Samuel 19:13

    And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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2 Samuel 19:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Vosotros sois mis hermanos; mis huesos y mi carne sois: ¿por qué pues seréis vosotros los postreros en volver al rey?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi David envoya à Tsadok et à Abiathar, les sacrificateurs, disant: Parlez aux anciens de Juda, en disant: Pourquoi êtes-vous les derniers pour ramener le roi dans sa maison, alors que la parole de tout Israël est venue au roi dans sa maison?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Meine Brüder seid ihr, ihr seid mein Gebein und mein Fleisch; und warum wollt ihr die letzten sein, den König zurückzuführen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fratres mei vos, os meum, et caro mea vos, quare novissimi reducitis regem?