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


In Context

14 And the king cometh in, and all the people who are with him, wearied, and they are refreshed there.

15 And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,

16 and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, 'Let the king live! let the king live!'

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

18 And Hushai saith unto Absalom, 'Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide;

19 and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.'

2 Samuel 16:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:17Absalom asked Hushai, "Is this the love you show your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

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 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?