2 Samuel 15:4

2 Samuel chapter 15 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

Context

v.3And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

v.4This passage

v.5And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 27:2

    Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Judges 9:29

    And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

  • Luke 14:8

    When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

  • 2 Peter 2:19

    promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

  • Judges 9:1

    And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

  • Proverbs 25:6

    Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men: