New International Version
Even now, he is hidden in a cave or some other place. If he should attack your troops first, whoever hears about it will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.'

New Living Translation
He has probably already hidden in some pit or cave. And when he comes out and attacks and a few of your men fall, there will be panic among your troops, and the word will spread that Absalom's men are being slaughtered.

English Standard Version
Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

Berean Study Bible
Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the caves or in another place; and it will be when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears it will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'

King James Bible
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He's probably already hiding in one of the caves or some other place. If some of our troops fall first, someone is sure to hear and say, 'There's been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'

International Standard Version
Look! He's probably already hiding in a cave or someplace like that. If the first attack fails, people will hear about it and think, 'Absalom's army is losing!'

NET Bible
At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, whoever hears about it will say, 'Absalom's army has been slaughtered!'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He has already hidden in one of the ravines or some other place. If some of our soldiers are killed in the initial attack, others will definitely hear about it and say, 'The troops that support Absalom have been defeated.'

Jubilee Bible 2000
Behold, he is hid now in some pit or in some other place, and if some of thy men are overthrown at the beginning, whoever hears of it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

King James 2000 Bible
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of the people fall at the first attack, that whosoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

American King James Version
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

American Standard Version
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he list: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed Absalom.

Darby Bible Translation
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,

English Revised Version
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

World English Bible
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!'

Young's Literal Translation
lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who are after Absalom;

2 Samuel 17:9 Afrikaans PWL
Let op, hy het homself versteek in een van die grotte of in ’n ander plek en dit sal wees dat, as hy hulle oorval by die eerste aanval, wie ook al dit hoor sal sê: ‘Daar was ’n slagting onder die manne wat Avshalom volg!’

2 i Samuelit 17:9 Albanian
Me siguri në këtë orë ai është fshehur në ndonjë vrimë ose në ndonjë vend tjetër; në qoftë se në fillim do të hidhet mbi disa nga njerëzit e tu, kushdo që do ta mësojë ka për të thënë: "Midis njerëzve që ndiqnin Absalomin ndodhi një masakër".

ﺻﻤﻮﺋﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ 17:9 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
ها هو الآن مختبئ في احدى الحفر او احد الاماكن ويكون اذا سقط بعضهم في الابتداء ان السامع يسمع فيقول قد صارت كسرة في الشعب الذي وراء ابشالوم.

Dyr Sämyheel B 17:9 Bavarian
Bestimmt haltt yr si ietz in iewign ayner Höln older was verstöckt. Wenn allssgfaer glei eyn n Anfang ain von deine Leut fallnd und dös bekannt werd, naacherd haisst s glei: 'Mein, die haat s y +sauber dyrbroeslt!'

2 Царе 17:9 Bulgarian
ето, сега е скрит в някой трап или в някое [друго] място, и когато нападне някой от тия [твои люде] в началото [на сражението], всеки, който чуе ще рече: Поражение става между людете, които следват Авесалома.

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
他現今或藏在坑中或在別處，若有人首先被殺，凡聽見的必說，跟隨押沙龍的民被殺了。

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
他现今或藏在坑中或在别处，若有人首先被杀，凡听见的必说，跟随押沙龙的民被杀了。

撒 母 耳 記 下 17:9 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
他 現 今 或 藏 在 坑 中 或 在 別 處 ， 若 有 人 首 先 被 殺 ， 凡 聽 見 的 必 說 ： 跟 隨 押 沙 龍 的 民 被 殺 了 。

撒 母 耳 記 下 17:9 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
他 现 今 或 藏 在 坑 中 或 在 别 处 ， 若 有 人 首 先 被 杀 ， 凡 听 见 的 必 说 ： 跟 随 押 沙 龙 的 民 被 杀 了 。

2 Samuel 17:9 Croatian Bible
On se sada krije u kakvoj jami ili na kakvu drugom mjestu. Pa ako odmah u početku koji od naših padne, proširit će se glas o porazu u vojsci koja je pristala uz Abšaloma.

Druhá Samuelova 17:9 Czech BKR
Nýbrž nyní spíše v záloze stojí v nějaké jeskyni, aneb v některém jiném místě. I stalo by se, jestliže by kteří padli z těch tvých při začátku, že každý, kdož by o tom uslyšel, řekl by: Stala se porážka v lidu, kterýž postoupil po Absolonovi.

2 Samuel 17:9 Danish
For Øjeblikket holder han sig sikkert skjult i en Kløft eller et andet Sted; falder der nu straks i Begyndelsen nogle af Folkene, vil det rygtes, og man vil sige, at Absaloms Tilhængere har lidt Nederlag;

2 Samuël 17:9 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Zie, nu heeft hij zich verstoken in een der holen, of in een der plaatsen. En het zal geschieden, als er in het eerst sommigen onder hen vallen, dat een ieder, die het zal horen, alsdan zal zeggen: Er is een slag geschied onder het volk, dat Absalom navolgt.