All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
Parallel translations
- KJV And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
- BSB All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
- ESV And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
- NKJV Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.
- NASB Now all the people took note of David’s vow, and it pleased them, just as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
- NLT This pleased the people very much. In fact, everything the king did pleased them!
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Cross-references & the web
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- Mark 7:37They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”
- 2 Sam 15:6Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- Mark 15:11–13But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
- Ps 62:9Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
- 2 Sam 15:13A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
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