Joab Reproves David
2 Samuel 19:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- KJV
- But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
- WEB
- The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
- ASV
- And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
- LSV
- and the king has covered his face, indeed, the king cries [with] a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
- YLT
- and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth — a loud voice — 'My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'
- DBY
- And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!
- DRC
- And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.
- GNV
- So the King hid his face, and the King cryed with a loude voyce, My sonne Absalom, Absalom my sonne, my sonne.
- JPS19:5
- And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice: 'O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!'
- LXXE19:5
- And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son!
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Original-language editions
- WLC19:5
- וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לָאַ֣ט אֶת־פָּנָ֔יו וַיִּזְעַ֥ק הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל בְּנִי֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם בְּנִ֥י בְנִֽי׃KJV:2Sam.19.4
- LXX-Br19:5
- Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔκρυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔκραξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, λέγων, υἱέ μου Ἀβεσσαλὼμ, Ἀβεσσαλὼμ υἱὲ μου.
Who and where
👤 Absalom◆ Reign of David
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Samuel 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- 2 Samuel 15:30But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 19:5 in some Bibles
- 19:4 in most Bibles