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2 Samuel 17:8
New International Version
2 Samuel 17:8
New International Version
8 You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs.(A) Besides, your father is an experienced fighter;(B) he will not spend the night with the troops.
2 Samuel 17:8
Amplified Bible
2 Samuel 17:8
Amplified Bible
8 And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are brave men, and they are [a]enraged and fierce, like a bear deprived of her cubs in the field. Your father is a [shrewd] man of war, and will not spend the night with the people [knowing that you seek his life].
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- 2 Samuel 17:8 Lit bitter of soul.
2 Samuel 17:8
New Living Translation
2 Samuel 17:8
New Living Translation
8 You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won’t be spending the night among the troops.
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2 Samuel 17:8
King James Version
2 Samuel 17:8
King James Version
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.
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