Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 17:7
2 Samuel 17:7 is verse 7 of 2 Samuel chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
King James Version
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
World English Bible
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
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2 Samuel 17:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
6 So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
7 Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
8 He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
9 Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.