2 Samuel 15:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Absalom would also say, “If only I were judge in the land! Then all who had a suit or cause might come to me, and I would give them justice.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Absalom added, Oh, that I were judge in the land! Then every man with any suit or cause might come to me and I would do him justice!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

Common English Bible

⁴ If only I were made a judge in the land,” Absalom would continue, “then anyone with a lawsuit could come to me, and I would give them justice.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ "Who may appoint me judge over the land, so that all those who have a dispute might come to me, and I might judge justly."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I might do them justice.

2 Samuel 15:4 Krydshenvisninger

2 Samuel 15:5

Whenever people came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of them and kiss them.

Proverbs 25:6

Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great,

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them.

Judges 9:29

If only this people were under my command! Then I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Increase your army and come out.’ ”