Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 19:3
American Standard Version
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
Amplified® Bible
The people slipped into the city stealthily that day as humiliated people steal away when they flee in battle.
Contemporary English Version
The troops were sneaking into Mahanaim, just as if they had run away from a battle and were ashamed.
Darby English Version
And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
Good News Bible
They went back into the city quietly, like soldiers who are ashamed because they are running away from battle.
King James Version
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
New American Standard Bible
So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle.
New International Version
The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.
New King James Version
And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who had received humiliation steal away when they flee in battle.
Revised Standard Version
And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
Young's Literal Translation
And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;