2 Samuel 15:4 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁴ And king David said to him: Go in peace. And he arose, and went to Hebron.

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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 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:5

0 And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes of Israel, saying: As soon as you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, say ye: Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

Proverbs 25:6

3 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul.

Proverbs 27:2

Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

2 Peter 2:19

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

Judges 9:29

4 Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.