Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 17:4

2 Samuel chapter 17 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Context

v.3and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

v.4This passage

v.5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 18:20

    And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

  • Esther 1:21

    And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

  • Esther 5:14

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

  • Romans 1:32

    who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:4

    And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.

  • 1 Samuel 23:21

    And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.