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


In Context

2 and 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;

3 and 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.

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

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

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.

7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.

2 Samuel 17:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:5But Absalom said, "Summon also Hushai the Arkite, so we can hear what he has to say."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:5But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5Then Absalom said, |Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5And Absalom saith, 'Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what is in his mouth — even he.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he said.