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2 Samuel 17:8
New English Translation
2 Samuel 17:8
New English Translation
8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men—they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs.[a] Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
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- 2 Samuel 17:8 tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”
2 Samuel 17:8
New King James Version
2 Samuel 17:8
New King James Version
8 For,” said Hushai, “you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are enraged in their minds, like (A)a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not camp with the people.
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