2 Samuel 17:4

In 11 translations

BSB

This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

KJV

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc

WEB

The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

ASV

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

LSV

And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.

YLT

And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

DBY

And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

DRC

And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

GNV

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.

JPS

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

LXXE

And the saying was right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּישַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם וּבְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εὐθὺς ὁ λόγος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Ἀβεσσαλὼμ, καὶ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς πάντων τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Ἰσραήλ.

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• 2 Chronicles 30:4This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.
• 1 Samuel 18:20–21Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him. “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against…
• 1 Samuel 23:21“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
• Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
• Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The…
• Esther 1:21The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.

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