2 Samuel 17:8

Lutherbibel

Und Husai sprach weiter: Du kennst deinen Vater wohl und seine Leute, daß sie stark sind und zornigen Gemüts wie ein Bär auf dem Felde, dem die Jungen geraubt sind; dazu ist dein Vater ein Kriegsmann und wird sich nicht säumen mit dem Volk.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Und Husai sprach: Du kennst deinen Vater wohl und seine Leute [und weißt], daß sie Helden sind und grimmigen Mutes, wie eine Bärin auf freiem Felde, welche ihrer Jungen beraubt ist; dazu ist dein Vater ein Kriegsmann; er wird nicht bei dem Volke übernachten.

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und Husai sprach: Du kennst ja deinen Vater und seine Männer, daß die Helden, und daß sie erbitterten Gemütes sind, wie eine der Jungen beraubte Bärin auf dem Felde; und dein Vater ist ein Kriegsmann: er wird nicht bei dem Volke übernachten.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mighty men: 2 Samuel 15:18, 2 Samuel 21:18-22, 2 Samuel 23:8, 2 Samuel 23:9, 2 Samuel 23:16, 2 Samuel 23:18, 2 Samuel 23:20-22, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 17:34-36, 1 Samuel 17:50, 1 Chronicles 11:25-47, Hebrews 11:32-34

chafed in their minds: Heb. bitter of soul, Judges 18:25

as a bear: 2 Kings 2:24, Proverbs 17:12, Proverbs 28:15, Daniel 7:5, Hosea 13:8

thy father is: 1 Samuel 23:23

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:10 - in bitterness of soul 1 Samuel 18:25 - thought 1 Samuel 22:2 - discontented 1 Samuel 30:6 - grieved Job 21:25 - in the bitterness

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For (said Hushai) thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men,.... Men of courage and valour, and not such weak-handed and weak-hearted men, and so easily intimidated, as Ahithophel suggests:

and they [be] chafed in their minds; or "bitter in soul" f; not merely filled with trouble and anguish, and depressed in their spirits, on account of that, as the phrase sometimes signifies; but enraged and full of wrath at the rebellion raised against their prince, which obliged them with him to leave their habitations; and now being desperate, their all lying at stake, their wives and children, their families and estates, they would fight furiously in the defence of the king and themselves, and not so soon flee as Ahithophel had represented:

as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; a bear is a very furious creature, especially a she bear, and the more when it has whelps, and more so when deprived of them g, when it ranges about in the field, and in its fury attacks whomsoever it meets with;

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and thy father [is] a man of war; not only bold and courageous, but expert and skilful in all the arts of war and not easy to be surprised and circumvented, as Ahithophel intimated:

and will not lodge with the people; in the camp, but at some distance from it; partly to prevent any traitorous design upon him in it, and partly that he might not be surprised by the enemy, knowing that their chief view was to seize his person; and therefore as it would not be easy to find him where he was, he could not be smitten alone, as Ahithophel proposed.

f מרי נפש "amari animo", Pagninus, Montanus; "amaro animo", V. L. Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. g Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 6. c. 18. & 9. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 17:8. As a bear robbed of her whelps — All wild beasts are very furious when robbed of their young; but we have some remarkable instances of the maternal affection of the bear in such circumstances; see one at the end of the chapter. 2 Samuel 17:28.