(NIV)
Throughout the tribes of Israel, all the people were arguing among themselves, saying, ‘The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled the country to escape from Absalom;
And
all the
people were
arguing throughout
all the
tribes of
Israel,
saying,
“The
king delivered us
from the
hand of our
enemies and
saved us from the
hand of the
Philistines, and
now he has
fled out of the
land from Absalom.
(NIV)
Will your long-winded speeches never end?
What ails you that you keep on arguing?
Shall
windy words have an
end?
Or what
provokes you that you
answer?
(NIV)
When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them.
And when they
came to the
disciples, they
saw a
great crowd around them,
and scribes arguing with
them.
(NIV)
‘What are you arguing with them about?’ he asked.
(ESV)
And he
asked them,
“What are you arguing about with them?”
(NIV)
They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them,
‘What were you arguing about on the road?’And they
came to Capernaum.
And when he
was in the
house he
asked them,
“What were you discussing on the way?”
(NIV)
Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
And he
entered the synagogue and
for three months spoke
boldly,
reasoning and persuading them
about the
kingdom of
God.
(NIV)
My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.
and they did not
find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a
crowd,
either in the
temple or in the
synagogues or in the
city.
(NIV)
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
Do all
things without grumbling or disputing,
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