31And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.


In Context

28 See, I will stop in the plains of the desert, until there come word from you to inform me.

29 And Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem; and they abode there.

30 But David went up by the ascent of the Olives, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot; and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

31 And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

32 And it came to pass, when David had come to the summit, where he worshipped God, that behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

33 And David said to him, If thou passest on with me, thou wilt be a burden to me;

2 Samuel 15:31 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:31Now David had been told, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." So David prayed, "O Lord , turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:31And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:31And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:31And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:31And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:31And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:31Someone told David, saying, |Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.| David said, |Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:31and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:31And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.