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


In Context

2 I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;

3 and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.|

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

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

6 When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, |Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.|

7 Hushai said to Absalom, |The counsel that Ahithophel has 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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