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2 Samuel 14:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 14 We will surely die and be like waters that are poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. But God would not take away a life,* and he considers reasons why the banished one should not always be banished from him.

2 Samuel 14:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 14 We will surely die and be like waters that are poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. But God would not take away a life,* and he considers reasons why the banished one should not always be banished from him.

2 Samuel 14:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 14 For we shall die without fail+ and be like waters that are being poured down to the earth, which cannot be gathered. But God will not take away a soul,+ and he has thought out reasons why the one banished should not be banished from him.

2 Samuel 14:14

The Bible in Living English
- 14 * because die we do, and are like water spilled on the ground, that is not to be picked up; and God will not take away the life of one who lays plans not to banish an outcast from him.

2 Samuel 14:14

American Standard Version
- 14 For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

2 Samuel 14:14

The Emphasized Bible
- 14 For when we die we become as water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again,—therefore doth God not take away the life, but deviseth plans so as not to thrust out from him a fugitive.