2Sa 17:8 | NET2full | STEP | Hushai went on to say , “ You know your father and his men — they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs . Your father is an experienced soldier ; he will not stay overnight with the army .

‏ 2 Samuel 17:8

8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men—they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. ^{▼▼tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”} Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.