17Absalom asked Hushai, "Is this the love you show your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"


In Context

14 The king and all the people with him arrived at their destination exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.

15 Meanwhile, Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

16 Then Hushai the Arkite, David's friend, went to Absalom and said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

17 Absalom asked Hushai, "Is this the love you show your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

18 Hushai said to Absalom, "No, the one chosen by the Lord , by these people, and by all the men of Israel-his I will be, and I will remain with him.

19 Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."

2nd Samuel 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom said to him: Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Absalom said to Hushai, |Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?|

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why didst thou not go with thy friend?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom saith unto Hushai, 'This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? why went you not with your friend?