2 Samuel 19:4
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
In other versions
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
ASV
But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
BBE
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!
DBY
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, my son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!
WEB
and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth -- a loud voice -- `My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'
YLT
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
ENG
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
WBT
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!”
BSB
In context
2And 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.
3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
5And 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;
6In 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.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Absalom