2 Samuel 17:4
What does 2 Samuel 17:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 17:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
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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.
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