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Green's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 17:5

And Absalom said, Please call for Hushai the Archite also. And we shall hear what is in his mouth, also he.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahithophel;   Council;   Diplomacy;   Friendship;   Spies;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel;   Amasa;   Hushai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Friend, Friendship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel;   Archite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Becher;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hushai;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel ;   Archite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahith'ophel;   Ar'chite, the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite also. Let’s hear what he has to say as well.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then said Avshalom, Call now Hushai the Arki also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
King James Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
Lexham English Bible
Then Absalom said, "Please call also for Hushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he has to say also."
English Standard Version
Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
New Century Version
But Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Arkite, so I can hear what he says."
New English Translation
But Absalom said, "Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let's hear what he has to say."
Amplified Bible
Nevertheless, Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless, Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let's hear what he has to say."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he sayth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Absalom said, "Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what is also in his mouth."
Contemporary English Version
Then Absalom said, "Bring in Hushai the Archite. Let's hear what he has to say."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Avshalom said, "Now call also Hushai the Arki, and let's give equal hearing to what he has to say."
Darby Translation
And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Arkite. I also want to hear what he says."
George Lamsa Translation
Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us likewise hear what he has to say.
Good News Translation
Absalom said, "Now call Hushai, and let us hear what he has to say."
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Absalom sayde: I praye you call Chusai the Arachite also, and let vs heare what he sayeth therto.
American Standard Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
Bible in Basic English
Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Absalom: Cal nowe Husai the Arachite also, and let vs heare lykewyse what he sayth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'
King James Version (1611)
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he saith.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Abessalom said, Call now also Chusi the Arachite, and let us hear what is in his mouth, even in his also.
English Revised Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Absalom said, "Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Absolon seide, Clepe ye also Chusy of Arath, and here we what also he seith.
Young's Literal Translation
And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth -- even he.'
Update Bible Version
Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
World English Bible
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
New King James Version
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says too."
New Living Translation
But then Absalom said, "Bring in Hushai the Arkite. Let's see what he thinks about this."
New Life Bible
Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also. Let us hear what he has to say."
New Revised Standard
Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear too what he has to say."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Absolom, I pray you, call ye Hushai the Archite also, - and let us hear what is in, his, mouth, also.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
Revised Standard Version
Then Ab'salom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
THE MESSAGE
But then Absalom said, "Call in Hushai the Arkite—let's hear what he has to say."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."

Contextual Overview

1 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I shall rise up and pursue David tonight. 2 And I shall come on him, and he shall be weary and feeble handed. And I will make him tremble, and the people with him shall flee. And I shall strike the king by himself. 3 And I shall bring all the people back to you when all return, except the man whom you are seeking. All the people shall be in peace. 4 And the thing was pleasing in Absalom's eyes, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel. 5 And Absalom said, Please call for Hushai the Archite also. And we shall hear what is in his mouth, also he. 6 And Hushai came in to Absalom. And Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken according to this word. Shall we do this word? If not, you speak. 7 And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel Ahithophel counseled is not good at this time. 8 And Hushai said, You have known your father and his men, that they are mighty men. And they are bitter of soul, like a bear bereaved of cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and shall not stay the night with the people. 9 Behold, now he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places. And it shall be, at the falling among them at the beginning, that whoever hears even shall say, There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom. 10 And also he, the son of valor, whose heart is as the heart of the lion, shall utterly melt. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those with him sons of valor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hushai: 2 Samuel 15:32-37, 2 Samuel 16:16-19

he saith: Heb. is in his mouth

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:34 - then mayest 1 Kings 12:6 - consulted 1 Kings 12:9 - General 2 Chronicles 10:6 - What counsel 2 Chronicles 10:9 - What advice

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
and I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you very much.
Genesis 17:4
As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
Genesis 17:15
And God said to Abraham, You shall not call your wife Sarai by her name Sarai, for Sarah shall be her name;
Genesis 17:21
And I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.
Genesis 17:23
And Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all the ones born of his house, and all that were bought with his silver, every male among the men of the house of Abraham. And he circumcised the flesh of theirforeskins in that same day, even as Godspoke to him.
Genesis 32:28
And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with men, and have prevailed.
Numbers 13:16
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
2 Samuel 12:25
and sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.
Nehemiah 9:7
You are Jehovah the God who chose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and appointed his name, Abraham.
Isaiah 65:15
And you shall leave your name for a curse to My elect. And the Lord Jehovah shall kill you; and He shall call His servants by another name.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Absalom, call now Hushai the Archite also,.... For it seems he was not at the council board at this time; whether he was as yet admitted to it is not certain: there is something very remarkable in the providence of God, to incline Absalom to have the opinion of Hushai upon this point, when the counsel of Ahithophel was so universally approved of; and Hushai also being well known to have been an intimate friend and confident of David's, and not so settled and established in the interest of Absalom, and such a sworn friend of his as Ahithophel was; this can only be ascribed to the will of God, to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, and the wisdom of divine Providence in blinding the mind of Absalom with respect to his counsel, and inclining it to take the opinion of Hushai:

and let us hear likewise what he saith; which he might say without any diffidence about the "counsel" given, but knowing that in the multitude of counsellors there is safety; and Hushai being a wise and good counsellor, he might hope and expect that he would give the same advice, and so strengthen and confirm it.


 
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