2 Samuel 16:23

In other versions

• And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  ASV

• In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.

  BBE

• And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  DBY

• The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  WEB

• And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days `is' as `when' one inquireth at the word of God; so `is' all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.

  YLT

• And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  ENG

• And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  WBT

• Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

  BSB

In context

Cross-references

• 2 Samuel 15:12
• 2 Samuel 17:14
• 2 Samuel 17:23
• 1 Corinthians 3:19-20
• Job 5:12
• Romans 1:22
• Ecclesiastes 10:1
• Jeremiah 8:9
• Psalms 28:2
• Job 28:28

People in this verse

• David
• Absalom
• Ahithophel