2 Samuel 19:3
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
In other versions
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
ASV
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.
BBE
And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
DBY
The people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
WEB
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;
YLT
And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
ENG
And the people withdrew by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
WBT
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
BSB
In context
1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;