Bible in Basic English
"And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war."
— 2 Samuel 19:3, Bible in Basic English
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. ”
“The people snuck into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
“That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.”
And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.
And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.
And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.
But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;
For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.