Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
Parallel translations
- KJV Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
- BSB Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
- NKJV Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
- NASB Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men and let me set out and pursue David tonight.
- NLT Now Ahithophel urged Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men to start out after David tonight.
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Cross-references · 6
- Isa 59:7–8Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. desolation and destruction are in their paths.
- Ps 4:8In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
- Ps 3:3–5But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
- Ps 109:2–4for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
- Prov 4:16For they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
- Prov 1:16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
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