2 Samuel 17:1
What does 2 Samuel 17:1 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 17:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;
Context
v.1This passage
v.2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
- Psalms 3:3
But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of my head.
- Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
- Psalms 4:8
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
- Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Psalms 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
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