2 Samuel 16:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel; what shall we do?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel. What shall we do?

American Standard Version (1901)

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

Common English Bible

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice then. What should we do?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Present a counsel as to what we ought to do."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.

2 Samuel 16:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:12

And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.

2 Samuel 16:19

And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying,

Exodus 1:10

Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the Lord.

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who hide deep from the Lord their counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, but it will come to naught; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

Matthew 27:1

When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death;