2 Samuel 2:7

Therefore now let your handes be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Iudah haue anointed me king ouer them.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Now therefore, let your hands be strong and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Then let your hands be strong, and have no fear: though Saul your lord is dead, the people of Judah have made me their king.
- Basic English Bible

Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And now let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
- Darby Bible

Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant: for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
- English Revised Version

Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them."
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 2:7

2:7 Be valiant - Be not afraid lest the Philistines should punish you for this fact, but take good courage, I will defend you. For, &c. - Or, though your master Saul be dead, and so your hearts may faint, as if you were now sheep without a shepherd.