2 Samuel 15 · Verse 33

2 Samuel 15:33

Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:

2 Samuel 15:33, King James Version

2 Samuel 15:33 in other translations

BSB	David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
WEB	David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
ASV	And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me:
YLT	and David saith to him, ‘If thou hast passed on with me then thou hast been on me for a burden,
DARBY	And David said to him, If thou passest on with me, thou wilt be a burden to me;
BBE	David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:
Webster	To whom David said, If thou shalt pass on with me, then thou wilt be a burden to me:

What does 2 Samuel 15:33 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 33 Then thou shalt be a burden unto me - It appears that Hushai was not a warrior, but was a wise, prudent, and discreet man, who could well serve David by gaining him intelligence of Absalom's conspiracy; and he directs him to form a strict confederacy with the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and to make use of their sons as couriers between Jerusalem and David's place of retreat.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:31-37

David prays not against Ahithophel's person, but against his counsel. He prayed this, in firm belief that God has all hearts in his hand, and tongues also. But we must second our prayers with endeavours, and David did so, else we tempt God. But we do not find wisdom and simplicity so united in any mere man, that we can perceive nothing which needs forgiveness. Yet, when the Son of David was treated with all possible…

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2 Samuel 15:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

ל֖וֹloto <the> him

דָּוִ֑דda.VidDavidH1732

אִ֚ם'imifH518

עָבַ֣רְתָּ'a.Var.tayou pass overH5674

אִתִּ֔י'i.Tiwith meH854

וְהָיִ֥תָve.ha.Yi.taand you will becomeH1961

עָלַ֖י'a.Laion meH5921

לְמַשָּֽׂא\׃le.ma.Sa'<into> a burdenH4853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 15:33

2 Samuel 19:35
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

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then thou.
19:35

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Context

2 Samuel 15:32
And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
2 Samuel 15:33
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
2 Samuel 15:34
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

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2 Samuel 15:33 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y díjole David: Si pasares conmigo, serme has de carga;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et David lui dit: Si tu passes avec moi, tu me seras à charge.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und David sprach zu ihm: Wenn du mit mir weiter gehst, so wirst du mir zur Last sein.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et dixit ei David: Si veneris mecum, eris mihi oneri: