2 Samuel 15:31
29 So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.
30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
32 When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
33 David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- KJV
- And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- WEB
- Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
- ASV
- And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- DARBY
- And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- BLB
- And David was told, saying, “Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “Turn into foolishness, please, the counsel of Ahithophel, O YHWH.”
- ÅB
- Da David fikk bud om at Akitofel var blant de sammensvorne hos Absalom, sa han: Gjør Akitofels råd til dårskap, Herre!
- OTB
- Da sa noen til David, "Ahitofel er blant sammensvorne med Absalom." Og David sa, "Å Herre, vennligst gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap."
- B1930
- Da David fikk bud om at Akitofel var blandt de sammensvorne hos Absalom, sa han: Gjør Akitofels råd til dårskap, Herre!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Read in context2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Read in contextPsalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Read in contextJames 3:15
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
Read in contextJob 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:18–20
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Read in contextIsaiah 19:11–25
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
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