Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"
New American Standard Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What shall we do?”
King James Version
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
Holman Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”
International Standard Version
So Absalom asked Ahithophel, "What's your advice? What should we do?"
A Conservative Version
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.
American Standard Version
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.
Amplified
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”
Bible in Basic English
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?
Darby Translation
And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
Julia Smith Translation
And Absalom will say to Ahithophel, Bring counsel to yourselves what we shall do.
King James 2000
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
Modern King James verseion
And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your advice. What shall we do?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel, "Give counsel what is best for us to do."
NET Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"
New Heart English Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Absolom unto Ahithophel, - Give ye your counsel, what we shall do.
Webster
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
World English Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Absalom saith unto Ahithophel, 'Give for you counsel what we do.'
Interlinear
`etsah
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 16:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ahithophel's Advice
19 {Furthermore}, for whom have I served? [Is] it not in the presence of his son that I have served before your father? {So shall I serve you}!" 20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?" 21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go to the concubines of your father whom he left behind to watch over the house, then all of Israel will hear that you made yourself odious to your father, and {all of your followers will be motivated}!"
Cross References
Exodus 1:10
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, lest they become many, and when war happens, they also will join our enemies and will fight against us and go up from the land."
Psalm 2:2
[The] kings of [the] earth establish themselves, and the rulers conspire together against Yahweh and his anointed:
Psalm 37:12-13
[The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.
Isaiah 8:10
{Make a plan}, but it will be frustrated! Speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us!
Isaiah 29:15
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
Matthew 27:1
Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.
Acts 4:23-28
And [when they] were released, they went to their own [people] and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.