2 Samuel 19:4 — Bible Verse (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!”
2 Samuel 19:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 19:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 19:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!””
2 Samuel 19:4 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 19:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! ”
2 Samuel 19:4 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 19:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth--a loud voice--`My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'”
2 Samuel 19:4 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 19:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! ”
2 Samuel 19:4 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 19:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So the King hid his face, and the King cryed with a loude voyce, My sonne Absalom, Absalom my sonne, my sonne.”
2 Samuel 19:4 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 19:4 in Context — 2 Samuel 19
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which 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;
6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
What Does 2 Samuel 19:4 Mean?
2 Samuel 19:4 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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