2 Samuel 18:33
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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!The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
In other translations
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!The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Hebrew words
וַיִּרְגַּזvaiyirgazand he was agitatedH7264הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וַיַּעַלvaiya'aland he went upH5927עַל־'al-toH5921עֲלִיַּת'aliyat[the] upper room ofH5944הַשַּׁעַרhasha'arthe gateH8179וַיֵּבְךְּvaiyevekand he weptH1058וְכֹה׀vekhohand thusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saidH559בְּלֶכְתּוֹbelekhtowhen went heH1980בְּנִיbeniO son myH1121אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53בְּנִיbenison myH1121בְנִיvenison myH1121אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53מִי־mi-who?H4310יִתֵּןyitenwill he giveH5414מוּתִיmutidied IH4191אֲנִי'aniIH589תַחְתֶּיךָtachteikhain place of youH8478אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomO AbsalomH53בְּנִיbenison myH1121בְנִי׃venison myH1121
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 19:4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!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!”
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- 2 Samuel 12:10-2310 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’ 11 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight. 12 You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’” 13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- Psalm 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- Exodus 32:32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
- Romans 9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
- James 5:17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
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