But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Samuel 15:33 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David said to him, If you go with me, you will be a burden to me. American Standard Version (1901) And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me: Common English Bible David said to him, “If you come with me, you will be a burden to me. Catholic Public Domain Version And David said to him: "If you come with me, you will be a burden to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me. |
But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
I am this day eighty years old; can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?