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2 Samuel 14:14
New English Translation
2 Samuel 14:14
New English Translation
14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.[a]
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- 2 Samuel 14:14 tn Heb “he devises plans for the one banished from him not to be banished.”
2 Samuel 14:14
New International Version
2 Samuel 14:14
New International Version
14 Like water(A) spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die.(B) But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person(C) does not remain banished from him.
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