2 Samuel 17:7
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.In other versions
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.
ASV
And Hushai said to Absalom, Ahithophel's idea is not a good one at this time.
BBE
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
DBY
Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
WEB
And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Not good `is' the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.'
YLT
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.
ENG
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given, is not good at this time.
WBT
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
BSB
In context
5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Absalom
- Ahithophel
- Hushai