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!
2 Samuel 19:4 in other translations
| BSB | 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!” |
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| WEB | The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!” |
| ASV | And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! |
| YLT | and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth--a loud voice--‘My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.' |
| DARBY | And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! |
| BBE | But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! |
| Webster | But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! |
What does 2 Samuel 19:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:1-8
To continue to lament for so bad a son as Absalom, was very unwise, and very unworthy. Joab censures David, but not with proper respect and deference to his sovereign. A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be with rudeness and insolence. Yet David took the reproof and the counsel, prudently and mildly. Timely giving way, usually…
2 Samuel 19:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 19:4
- 2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
- 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 God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:30
O my son.It is allowed by competent critics that the lamentation of David over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly pathetic; and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repetition of the name of the deceased is common in the language of lamentation.
18:33
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Context
- 2 Samuel 19:3
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
- 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!
- 2 Samuel 19:5
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;
2 Samuel 19:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas el rey, cubierto el rostro, clamaba en alta voz: ¡Hijo mío Absalom, Absalom, hijo mío, hijo mío! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le peuple entra, ce jour-là, dans la ville à la dérobée, comme s’en irait à la dérobée un peuple honteux d’avoir pris la fuite dans la bataille. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der König hatte sein Angesicht verhüllt, und der König schrie mit lauter Stimme: Mein Sohn Absalom! Absalom, mein Sohn, mein Sohn! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Porro rex operuit caput suum, et clamabat voce magna: Fili mi Absalom, Absalom fili mi, fili mi. |