2 Samuel 16:20

Brenton's Septuagint

And Abessalom said to Achitophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”

Hebrew Names Version
Then said Avshalom to Achitofel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

King James Version
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

Lexham English Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"

English Standard Version
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel. What shall we do?"

New Century Version
Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Tell us what we should do."

New English Translation
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"

Amplified Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give me your advice. What should we do?"

New American Standard Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What should we do?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel, Giue counsell what we shall doe.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"

Contemporary English Version
Absalom turned to Ahithophel and said, "Give us your advice! What should we do?"

Complete Jewish Bible
Avshalom said to Achitofel, "Give your advice as to what we should do."

Darby Translation
And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

Easy-to-Read Version
Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Please tell us what we should do."

George Lamsa Translation
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give me counsel, as to what we shall do.

Good News Translation
Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and said, "Now that we are here, what do you advise us to do?"

Literal Translation
And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel, what we shall do.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Absalom sayde vnto Achitophel: Geue vs youre councell what we shal do?

American Standard Version
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

Bible in Basic English
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel: Geue counsel what we shall do.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel: 'Give your counsel what we shall do.'

King James Version (1611)
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Giue counsell among you what we shall doe.

English Revised Version
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give me counsel. What should we do?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Absolon seide to Achitofel, Take ye counsel, what we owen to do.

Young's Literal Translation
And Absalom saith unto Ahithophel, `Give for you counsel what we do.'

Update Bible Version
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

World English Bible
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

New King James Version
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give advice as to what we should do."

New Living Translation
Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him, "What should I do next?"

New Life Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your wise words. What should we do?"

New Revised Standard
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your counsel; what shall we do?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Absolom unto Ahithophel, - Give ye your counsel, what we shall do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.

Revised Standard Version
Then Ab'salom said to Ahith'ophel, "Give your counsel; what shall we do?"

THE MESSAGE
Then Absalom spoke to Ahithophel, "Are you ready to give counsel? What do we do next?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And Abessalom and all the men of Israel went into Jerusalem, and Achitophel with him. ¹⁶ And it came to pass when Chusi the chief friend of David came to Abessalom, that Chusi said to Abessalom, Let the king live. ¹⁷ And Abessalom said to Chusi, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not forth with thy friend? ¹⁸ And Chusi said to Abessalom, Nay, but following whom the Lord, and this people, and all Israel have chosen, —his will I be, and with him I will dwell. ¹⁹ And again, whom shall I serve? should I not in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of thy father, so will I be in thy presence. ²⁰ And Abessalom said to Achitophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do. ²¹ And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Go in to thy father’s concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonoured thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened. ²² And they pitched a tent for Abessalom on the roof, and Abessalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. ²³ And the counsel of Achitophel, which he counselled in former days, was as if one should enquire of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Achitophel both to David and also to Abessalom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Give counsel: Exodus 1:10, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:13, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 29:15, Matthew 27:1, Acts 4:23-28

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:12 - Ahithophel 1 Kings 12:6 - consulted 2 Chronicles 10:6 - What counsel Psalms 43:1 - the deceitful Psalms 86:14 - assemblies Isaiah 5:18 - draw James 3:6 - a world

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel,.... Having two such able counsellors as he and Hushai, he directs his speech to Ahithophel, as being his first and chief counsellor:

give counsel among you what we shall do; he orders them to form a counsel, consult among themselves what was proper to be now done at Jerusalem, whether it was right to stay here or pursue after David and his men. Absalom did not send to the high priest to ask counsel of God, by Urim and Thummim before the ark, but wholly confided in his privy council.