• 2 Samuel 19:43
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 43 However, the men of Israel answered the men of Judah: “We have ten parts in the king, so that we have a greater claim in David than you have. Why, then, have you treated us with contempt? Should we not have been first to bring our king back?” But the word of the men of Judah prevailed over* that of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 19:43
    The Bible in Living English

    • 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah “Ten parts of the king belong to us, and we are senior to you too; how came it you slighted us? wasn’t our proposition first? it belongs to us to bring back the king”; and the talk of the men of Judah was stiffer than the talk of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 19:43
    American Standard Version

    • 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 19:43
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said—Ten parts have we in the king, therefore even in David have we more right than ye. Why, then, made ye light of us, so that our word was not heard first as to bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 19:43
    King James Version

    • 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.