PAV
14. ਤਦ ਅਬਸ਼ਾਲੋਮ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦੇ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਆਖਿਆ, ਏਹ ਸਲਾਹ ਜੋ ਹੂਸ਼ਈ ਅਰਕੀ ਨੇ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ ਸੋ ਅਹੀਥੋਫ਼ਲ ਦੀ ਸਲਾਹ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਚੰਗੀ ਹੈ ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਅਹੀਥੋਫ਼ਲ ਦੀ ਚੰਗੀ ਸਲਾਹ ਉਲਟਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਅੱਗੇ ਹੀ ਠਹਿਰਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਅਬਸ਼ਾਲੋਮ ਉੱਤੇ ਬੁਰਿਆਈ ਪਾਵੇ।।

ERVPA

IRVPA
14. ਤਦ ਅਬਸ਼ਾਲੋਮ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦੇ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ, ਇਹ ਸਲਾਹ ਜੋ ਹੂਸ਼ਈ ਅਰਕੀ ਨੇ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ, ਅਹੀਥੋਫ਼ਲ ਦੀ ਸਲਾਹ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਚੰਗੀ ਹੈ। ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਅਹੀਥੋਫ਼ਲ ਦੀ ਚੰਗੀ ਸਲਾਹ ਉਲਟਾਉਣਾ, ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਠਾਣ ਲਿਆ ਸੀ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਅਬਸ਼ਾਲੋਮ ਉੱਤੇ ਬੁਰਿਆਈ ਪਾਵੇ।



KJV
14. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

AMP
14. Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel. For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

KJVP
14. And Absalom H53 and all H3605 W-CMS the men H376 NMS of Israel H3478 said H559 W-VQY3MS , The counsel H6098 CFS of Hushai H2365 the Archite H757 [ is ] better H2896 NFS than the counsel H6098 of Ahithophel H302 . For the LORD H3068 W-EDS had appointed H6680 VPQ3MS to defeat H6565 the good H2896 NFS counsel H6098 CFS of Ahithophel H302 , to the intent H5668 that the LORD H3068 EDS might bring H935 evil H7451 D-AFS upon H413 PREP Absalom H53 .

YLT
14. And Absalom saith -- and all the men of Israel -- `Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;` and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

ASV
14. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

WEB
14. Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

NASB
14. Then Absalom and all the Israelites pronounced the counsel of Hushai the Archite better than that of Ahithophel. For the LORD had decided to undo Ahithophel's good counsel, in order thus to bring Absalom to ruin.

ESV
14. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.

RV
14. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

RSV
14. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

NKJV
14. So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the advice of Ahithophel." For the LORD had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring disaster on Absalom.

MKJV
14. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil on Absalom.

AKJV
14. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.

NRSV
14. Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring ruin on Absalom.

NIV
14. Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel." For the LORD had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

NIRV
14. Absalom and all of the men of Israel agreed. They said, "The advice of Hushai, the Arkite, is better than the advice of Ahithophel." The Lord had decided that Ahithophel's good advice would fail. The Lord wanted to bring horrible trouble on Absalom.

NLT
14. Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." For the LORD had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!

MSG
14. Absalom and all his company agreed that the counsel of Hushai the Arkite was better than the counsel of Ahithophel. (GOD had determined to discredit the counsel of Ahithophel so as to bring ruin on Absalom.)

GNB
14. Absalom and all the Israelites said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." The LORD had decided that Ahithophel's good advice would not be followed, so that disaster would come on Absalom.

NET
14. Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel." Now the LORD had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom.

ERVEN
14. Absalom and all the Israelites said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." Actually, Ahithophel's advice was good, but they said this because the Lord had decided to make Ahithophel's advice useless. He did this to punish Absalom.