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2 Samuel 18:16
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KJ21
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab held back the people.
ASV
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
AMP
Then Joab blew the trumpet [to signal the end of the combat], and the men returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held them back.
AMPC
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained and spared them.
BRG
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
CSB
Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab restrained them.
CSBA
Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab restrained them.
CEB
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped chasing the Israelites, because Joab held them back.
CJB
Yo’av sounded the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing Isra’el, because Yo’av held back the troops.
CEV
Then Joab blew a trumpet to signal his troops to stop chasing Israel's soldiers.
DARBY
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
DRA
And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare he multitude.
ERV
Joab blew the trumpet and called the people to stop chasing Israelites.
EASY
Then Joab made a sound with his trumpet to stop the battle. So his soldiers stopped chasing after Israel's soldiers.
EHV
Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the people turned back from pursuing Israel, because Joab restrained them.
ESV
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.
ESVUK
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.
EXB
Then Joab blew the trumpet, so the troops ·stopped [returned from] chasing the Israelites.
GNV
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
GW
Joab blew the ram’s horn to stop their ⌞fighting⌟, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel.
GNT
Joab had the trumpet blown to stop the fighting, and his troops came back from pursuing the Israelites.
HCSB
Afterward, Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab restrained them.
ICB
Then Joab blew the trumpet. So the troops stopped chasing Absalom’s Israelites.
ISV
At this, Joab sounded his battle trumpet and his troops stopped pursuing the other Israelis.
JUB
Then Joab blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab held back the people.
KJV
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
AKJV
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
LSB
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
LEB
Then Joab blew on the trumpet and the troops returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab kept back the troops.
TLB
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.
MSG
Joab then blew the ram’s horn trumpet, calling off the army in its pursuit of Israel. They took Absalom, dumped him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled an immense mound of rocks over him. Meanwhile the whole army of Israel was in flight, each man making his own way home.
MEV
When Joab blew the horn, the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the people.
NOG
Joab blew the ram’s horn to stop their fighting, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel.
NABRE
Joab then sounded the horn, and the soldiers turned back from the pursuit of the Israelites, because Joab called them to halt.
NASB
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
NASB1995
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
NCB
After that, Joab ordered the trumpet to be sounded, and the soldiers ceased their pursuit of Israel because he had ordered them to halt.
NCV
Then Joab blew the trumpet, so the troops stopped chasing the Israelites.
NET
Then Joab blew the trumpet and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.
NIRV
Then Joab blew his trumpet. He ordered his troops to stop chasing Israel’s army.
NIV
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them.
NIVUK
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them.
NKJV
So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
NLV
Then Joab sounded the horn, and all the people returned from going after Israel, for Joab stopped them.
NLT
Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.
NRSVA
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops.
NRSVACE
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops.
NRSVCE
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops.
NRSVUE
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops.
OJB
Then Yoav blew the shofar, and HaAm returned from pursuing after Yisroel; for Yoav held back HaAm.
RGT
Then Joab blew the trumpet. And the people returned from pursuing after Israel. For Joab held back the people.
RSV
Then Jo′ab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel; for Jo′ab restrained them.
RSVCE
Then Jo′ab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel; for Jo′ab restrained them.
TLV
Then Joab blew the shofar and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the troops.
VOICE
Then Joab sounded the trumpet and pulled back the soldiers from their pursuit of the army of Israel, because Joab knew no good would come of further fighting.
WEB
Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.
WYC
And Joab trumped with a clarion, and held with him the people, lest it pursued Israel fleeing, and he would spare the multitude. (And then Joab sounded with a trumpet, to hold back the army with him, lest they pursued the men of Israel fleeing away, for he would spare the multitude.)
YLT
And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;
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