Hushai then added, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and they are embittered in their souls like a bear robbed of her cubs in the wild. Your father is an expert in warfare, and won’t spend the night with the troops.
Judges 18:25 - Tree of Life Version But the children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest bitter fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the men of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you and you lose your life with the lives of your household. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. Common English Bible But the Danites said to him, “Don’t raise your voice with us or else hotheaded men will attack you, and you and your household will lose your lives.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Dan said to him, "Take care that you no longer speak to us, otherwise men with a mind for violence may overwhelm you, and you yourself would perish with all your house." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Dan said to him: See thou say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thy house. |
Hushai then added, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and they are embittered in their souls like a bear robbed of her cubs in the wild. Your father is an expert in warfare, and won’t spend the night with the troops.
“As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, Shaddai who has made my soul bitter,
May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
“You have taken away my gods which I made,” he said, “and the priest, and walked away! What do I have left? And how then do you say to me, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”
Then the children of Dan went on their way, and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
So David was in a serious bind, for the troops were calling for his stoning, for all the troops were bitter of soul, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Adonai his God.