4And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.


In Context

1 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;

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 to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

4 And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

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

6 And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we carry out his word? If not, speak thou.

2 Samuel 17:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:4This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.