2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
2 Samuel 15:3 in other translations
| BSB | Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.” |
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| WEB | Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.” |
| ASV | And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. |
| YLT | And Absalom saith unto him, ‘See, thy matters are good and straightforward--and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.' |
| DARBY | And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man to hear thee appointed by the king. |
| BBE | And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing. |
| Webster | And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed by the king to hear thee. |
What does 2 Samuel 15:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 15:2-6
2-6. Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate--Public business in the East is always transacted early in the morning--the kings sitting an hour or more to hear causes or receive petitions, in a court held anciently, and in many places still, in the open air at the city gateway; so that, as those whose circumstances led them to wait on King David required to be in attendance on his morning levees…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:1-6
David allows Absalom's pomp. Those parents know not what they do, who indulge a proud humour in their children: many young people are ruined by pride. And those commonly are most eager for authority who least understand its duties.
2 Samuel 15:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 15:3
- 2 Peter 2:10
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
- Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
- 1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
- Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- Acts 23:5
Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
- Numbers 16:13-14
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
- Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Daniel 11:21
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
- Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
- Exodus 21:17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
- 2 Samuel 15:4
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!
2 Samuel 15:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Absalom le decía: Mira, tus palabras son buenas y justas: mas no tienes quien te oiga por el rey. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Absalom lui disait: Vois, tes affaires sont bonnes et justes, mais tu n’as personne pour les entendre de la part du roi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so sprach Absalom zu ihm: Siehe, deine Sachen sind gut und recht; aber du hast von seiten des Königs niemand, der sie anhörte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Respondebatque ei Absalom: Videntur mihi sermones tui boni et justi, sed non est qui te audiat constitutus a rege. Dicebatque Absalom: |