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


In Context

1 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,

2 and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who are with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

3 and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole is the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.

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

5 And Absalom saith, 'Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what is in his mouth — even he.'

6 And Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, 'According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou — 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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