2 Samuel 16:17
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And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
In other translations
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53אֶל־'el-toH413חוּשַׁיchushaiHushaiH2365זֶהzeh[is] thisH2088חַסְדְּךָchasdekhaloyalty yourH2617אֶת־'et-withH854רֵעֶךָre'ekhafriend yourH7453לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100לֹא־lo'-notH3808הָלַכְתָּhalakhtadid you goH1980אֶת־'et-withH854רֵעֶךָ׃re'ekhafriend yourH7453
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 2 Samuel 19:25And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
- Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- 2 Samuel 15:32-3732 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.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. 34 But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’ 35 Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
- Proverbs 18:24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
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