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2 Samuel 15:33

World English Bible

David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;

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2 Samuel 15:33 in other translations

And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me:

2 Samuel 15:33 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 15:33 in context

  1. 31Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”
    David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
  2. 32When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his tunic torn, and earth on his head.
  3. 33David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
  4. 34but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’
  5. 35Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.