2 Samuel 16:17
2 Samuel chapter 16 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
Context
v.16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, Long live the king, Long live the king.
v.17This passage
v.18And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 15:32
And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top of the ascent, where God was worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.
- Proverbs 18:24
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- 2 Samuel 19:25
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
- Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
- Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.