2 Samuel 17:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

New Living Translation
This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

English Standard Version
And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Berean Study Bible
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
And the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

NASB 1995
So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

NASB 1977
So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Amplified Bible
So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
This proposal seemed right to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Absalom and all the leaders of the tribes of Israel agreed that Ahithophel had a good plan.

Good News Translation
This seemed like good advice to Absalom and all the Israelite leaders.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Absalom and all the leaders of Israel approved this plan.

International Standard Version
Even though this plan seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all of the elders of Israel,

NET Bible
This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

New King James Version
And the saying pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

King James 2000 Bible
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

New Heart English Bible
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

World English Bible
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

American King James Version
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

American Standard Version
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

A Faithful Version
And the saying pleased Absalom very much, and all the elders of Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

English Revised Version
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the saying pleased Absalom wel and al the elders of Israel.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Absalom thought that good, and so dyd all the Elders in Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the word will be straight in the eyes of Absalom and in the eyes of all the old men of Israel.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the word was pleasing to the ears of Abishlum and in the eyes of all of the Elders of Israel

Lamsa Bible
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the saying was right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
















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