2 Samuel 14:33 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

So Jo´ab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Ab´salom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Ab´salom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So Joab came to the king and told him. And when David had called for Absalom, he came to him and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and [David] kissed Absalom.

American Standard Version (1901)

So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

Common English Bible

Joab went to the king and reported this to him. Then the king called for Absalom, and Absalom came to the king. He bowed low out of respect, nose to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, Joab, entering to the king, reported everything to him. And Absalom was summoned. And he entered to the king, and he reverenced on the face of the earth. And the king kissed Absalom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So Joab going in to the king told him all; and Absalom was called for. And he went in to the king, and prostrated himself on the ground before him: and the king kissed Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:33 Cross References

Genesis 27:26

And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

Genesis 33:4

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

Genesis 45:15

Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

2 Samuel 19:39

And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzil´lai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

1 Kings 1:53

So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

Luke 15:20

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.