2 Samuel 17:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ Since the Lord had decreed  that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined  in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, ‘The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel. For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Then Absalom and everyone in Israel agreed, “The advice of Hushai from Erek is better than Ahithophel’s advice.” This was because the LORD had decided to counter Ahithophel’s good advice so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel. And by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

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Genesis 32:28

‘Your name will no longer be Jacob,’  he said. ‘It will be Israel  because you have struggled with God  and with men and have prevailed.’

2 Samuel 15:31

Then someone reported to David, ‘Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.’ ‘Lord,’ David pleaded, ‘please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness! ’

2 Samuel 15:34

but if you return to the city and tell Absalom, “I will be your servant, Your Majesty! Previously, I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant,” then you can counteract Ahithophel’s counsel for me.

2 Samuel 16:23

Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God   #– #such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

2 Chronicles 10:15

The king did not listen to the people because the turn of events came from God,  in order that the Lord might carry out his word that he had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones attending him.

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, ‘Have we made you the king’s counsellor? Stop, why should you lose your life? ’ So the prophet stopped, but he said, ‘I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.’

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amaziah would not listen, for this turn of events was from God in order to hand them over to their enemies because they went after the gods of Edom.

Nehemiah 4:15

When our enemies heard that we knew their scheme and that God had frustrated it, every one of us returned to his own work on the wall.

Job 12:17

He leads counsellors away barefoot and makes judges go mad.

Exodus 9:16

However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power  and to make my name known on the whole earth.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a person’s heart, but the  Lord’s decree will prevail.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel will prevail against the  Lord.

Isaiah 8:10

Devise a plan; it will fail. Make a prediction; it will not happen. For God is with us.  ,

Lamentations 3:37

Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained it?

Amos 9:3

If they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will track them down and seize them; if they conceal themselves from my sight on the sea floor, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them.

Luke 16:8

‘The master praised the unrighteous manager   because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age   are more shrewd than the children of light   in dealing with their own people.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness  with God, since it is written,  He catches the wise in their craftiness;  ,

Deuteronomy 2:30

But King Sihon of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place.

Joshua 11:20

For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts,  so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.