2 Samuel 17:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ Hushai continued, ‘You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs.  Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered and enraged like a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Common English Bible

⁸ You know that your father and his men are warriors,” he continued, “and they are as desperate as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is a seasoned fighter. He won’t spend the night with his troops.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And again Hushai declared, "You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away. And thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.

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2 Samuel 15:18

while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the people of Gath– six hundred men who came with him from there   #– #marched past the king.

2 Samuel 17:9

He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves  or some other place. If some of our troops fall  first, someone is sure to hear and say, “There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.”

2 Samuel 23:16

So three of the warriors broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. They brought it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the Lord.

2 Samuel 23:18

Abishai, Joab’s brother and son of Zeruiah,  was leader of the Three.  He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.

2 Kings 2:24

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord.  Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the children.

Proverbs 17:12

Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

Proverbs 28:15

A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

Ezekiel 19:2

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.

Daniel 7:5

‘Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear.  It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, “Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.”

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.

Judges 18:25

The Danites said to him, ‘Don’t raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.’

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the young men answered, ‘I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man,  a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the Lord is with him.’

1 Samuel 17:50

David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone. David overpowered the Philistine and killed him without having a sword.

1 Samuel 23:23

Investigate  all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans  of Judah.’