NASB
"David said to him, "If you pass over with me, then you will be a burden to me."
— 2 Samuel 15:33, NASB
“Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:”
“And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me: ”
“David said to him, "If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;”
“David said to him,“If you leave with me you will be a burden to me.”
“And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me:”
“David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:”
“Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:”
And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went.
Now someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness."
It happened as David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, that behold, Hushai the Archite met him with his coat torn and dust on his head.
David said to him, "If you pass over with me, then you will be a burden to me.
"But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so I will now be your servant,' then you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
"Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So it shall be that whatever you hear from the king's house, you shall report to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
"Behold their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send me everything that you hear."