2 Samuel 16:19
New International Version
Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”

New Living Translation
“And anyway, why shouldn’t I serve you? Just as I was your father’s adviser, now I will be your adviser!”

English Standard Version
And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”

Berean Standard Bible
Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”

King James Bible
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

New King James Version
Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so will I be in your presence.”

New American Standard Bible
Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? Just as I have served in your father’s presence, so I shall be in your presence.”

NASB 1995
“Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

NASB 1977
“And besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

Amplified Bible
Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of David’s son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I shall serve in your presence.”

Christian Standard Bible
Furthermore, whom will I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, I will also serve in yours.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Furthermore, whom will I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, I will also serve in yours.”

American Standard Version
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And for the second time, whose Servant am I? I have not had anything in my hands, even as when I served before your father. Thus I shall serve before you”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And again, whom shall I serve? should I not in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of thy father, so will I be in thy presence.

Contemporary English Version
Besides, it seems right for me to serve you, just as I served your father."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not the king's son? as I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.

English Revised Version
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
And besides, whom should I serve? Shouldn't it be his son? As I served your father, so I'll serve you."

Good News Translation
After all, whom should I serve, if not my master's son? As I served your father, so now I will serve you."

International Standard Version
Besides, who else should I be serving? Why not the son? The same way I served your father, I'll serve you."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.'

Literal Standard Version
and secondly, for whom do I labor? Is it not before his son? As I served before your father, so I am before you.”

Majority Standard Bible
Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”

New American Bible
Furthermore, as I was in attendance upon your father, so will I be before you. Whom should I serve, if not his son?”

NET Bible
Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."

New Revised Standard Version
Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I have served your father, so I will serve you.”

New Heart English Bible
Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence."

Webster's Bible Translation
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

World English Bible
Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

Young's Literal Translation
and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.'

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Context
The Counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai
18“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain. 19Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.” 20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”…

Cross References
2 Samuel 15:34
But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: 'I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father's servant, but now I will be your servant.'

2 Samuel 16:18
"Not at all," Hushai answered. "For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel--his I will be, and with him I will remain.

2 Samuel 16:20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give me counsel. What should we do?"


Treasury of Scripture

And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.

should I not serve

2 Samuel 15:34
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

1 Samuel 28:2
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

1 Samuel 29:8
And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

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2 Samuel 16
1. Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Furthermore,
וְהַשֵּׁנִ֗ית (wə·haš·šê·nîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

whom
לְמִי֙ (lə·mî)
Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

should I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

serve
אֶֽעֱבֹ֔ד (’e·‘ĕ·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

if not
הֲל֖וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the son?
בְנ֑וֹ (ḇə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

As
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I served
עָבַ֙דְתִּי֙ (‘ā·ḇaḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

in your father’s
אָבִ֔יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

presence,
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

so also
כֵּ֖ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

I will serve
אֶהְיֶ֥ה (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in yours.”
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face


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