Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we 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."
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 16:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ahithophel's Advice
19 Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you." 20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?" 21 Ahithophel replied to Absalom, "Have sex with your father's concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you."
Cross References
Exodus 1:10
Come, let's deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country."
Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.
Psalm 37:12-13
Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
Isaiah 8:10
Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
Isaiah 29:15
Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, "Who sees us? Who knows what we're doing?"
Matthew 27:1
When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.
Acts 4:23-28
When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.