2 Samuel 19:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants: for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night: and that will be worse to thee, than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for they heard it said, The king grieves for his son.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.

Common English Bible

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the troops because they heard that day that the king was grieving for his son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said on that day, "The king is grieving over his son."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people. For the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.

2 Samuel 19:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1

And thy handmaid had two sons: and they quarrelled with each other in the field, and there was none to part them: and the one struck the other, and slew him.

2 Samuel 19:1

Thou lovest them that hate thee, and thou hatest them that love thee: and thou hast shewn this day that thou carest not for thy nobles, nor for thy servants: and I now plainly perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had been slain, then it would have pleased thee.

2 Samuel 19:3

Then the king arose and sat in the gate: and it was told to all the people that the king sat in the gate: and all the people came before the king, but Israel fled to their own dwellings.

Proverbs 16:15

2 Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.

Proverbs 19:12

9 He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and when he shall take away he shall add another thing.