• 2 Samuel 17:8
    The Bible in Living English

    • 8 And Hushai said “You yourself know your father and his men to be champion warriors; and they are in as bad a temper as a bear out on the range that has lost her cubs. And your father is an old soldier and will not spend the night with the troops:

  • 2 Samuel 17:8
    American Standard Version

    • 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.

  • 2 Samuel 17:8
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 8 And Hushai said—Thou knowest thy father and his men—that men of might they are, and embittered in soul they are, like a bear bereaved of her young in the field,—thy father also is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

  • 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.