2 Samuel 2:27
“And Ioab said, As God liueth, vnlesse thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone vp euery one from following his brother.”
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2 Samuel 2:27 Context
25¶ And the children of Beniamin gathered themselues together after Abner, and became one troupe, and stood on the top of an hill. 26Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sword deuoure for euer? Knowest thou not that it wil be bitternesse in the latter end? How long shall it bee then, yer thou bid the people returne from following their brethren? 27And Ioab said, As God liueth, vnlesse thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone vp euery one from following his brother. 28So Ioab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. 29And Abner and his men walked all that night thorow the plaine, and passed ouer Iordane, and went thorow all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
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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.
- King James Version
Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have gone away in the morning, each from following his brother."
- New American Standard Version (1995)