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Et Huschaï dit: Tu connais la bravoure de ton père et de ses gens, ils sont furieux comme le serait dans les champs une ourse à qui l’on aurait enlevé ses petits. Ton père est un homme de guerre, et il ne passera pas la nuit avec le peuple;

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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.

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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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Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty warriors and they are enraged[a] as a bear robbed of her offspring in the field. Your father is a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:8 Literally “are bitter of soul”