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


In Context

1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this 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: 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 had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of 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 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.