2 Samuel 19:4
What does 2 Samuel 19:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 19:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
KJV
King James Version · 1611But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth--a loud voice--`My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!
Context
v.3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
v.4This passage
v.5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of themount ofOlives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
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