World English Bible
"Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.""
— 2 Samuel 17:7, World English Bible
“And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.”
“And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good. ”
“Hushai replied to Absalom,“Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.””
“And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good.”
“And Hushai said to Absalom, Ahithophel's idea is not a good one at this time.”
“And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.”
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says."
When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up."
Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."
Hushai said moreover, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
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!'
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.