2 Samuel 16:20 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁰ And Aḇshalom said to Aḥithophel, “Give your advice. What should we do?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel. What shall we do?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice then. What should we do?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Present a counsel as to what we ought to do."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.

2 Samuel 16:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:12

Aḇshalom also sent for Aḥithophel the Gilonite, counsellor of Dawiḏ, from his city, from Giloh, while he slaughtered slaughterings. And it came to be that the conspiracy became potent, for the people with Aḇshalom kept increasing.

2 Samuel 16:19

“And besides, whom should I serve? Should it not be before his son? As I have served before your father, so I am before you.”

2 Samuel 16:21

And Aḥithophel said to Aḇshalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to look after the house. And all Yisra’ĕl shall hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father. And the hands of all who are with you shall be strong.”

Psalm 2:2

The sovereigns of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against יהוה and against His Messiah, and say,

Exodus 1:10

come, let us act wisely towards them, lest they increase, and it shall be when fighting befalls us, that they shall join our enemies and fight against us, and shall go up out of the land.”

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against יהוה.

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from יהוה, and their works are in the dark; they say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”

Isaiah 8:10

“Take counsel, and it comes to naught; speak a word, and it does not stand, for Ěl is with us.”

Matthew 27:1

And morning having come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against יהושע, so as to put Him to death.