2 Samuel 16:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness and loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?

American Standard Version (1901)

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Common English Bible

But Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this how you show loyal love to your friend? Why didn’t you go with him?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Absalom said to him: "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Absalom said to him: Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?

2 Samuel 16:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:18

And Hushai said to Absalom, “No; for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.

2 Samuel 19:25

And when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus requite the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?