2 Samuel 18:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 4 And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then Absalom [unavoidably] met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and Absalom's head caught fast [in a fork] of the oak; and the mule under him ran away, leaving him hanging between the heavens and the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Common English Bible

⁹ Absalom came upon some of David’s men. Absalom was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree. Absalom’s head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair while the mule under him kept on going.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then it happened that Absalom, riding on a mule, met the servants of David. And when the mule had entered under a thick and large oak tree, his head became trapped in the oak. And while he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule on which he had been sitting continued on.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule. And as the mule went under a thick and large oak his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and he earth the mule on which he rode passed on.

2 Samuel 18:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

4 But Absalom fled away: and the young man that kept the watch, lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold there came much people by a by-way on the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 14:26

1 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said: Why have thy servants set my corn on fire?

2 Samuel 17:23

8 Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,

2 Samuel 18:10

5 Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.

2 Samuel 18:14

9 And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said: I will run and tell the king, that the Lord hath done judgment for him from the hand of his enemies.

2 Samuel 18:8

3 Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?

Job 31:3

Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.

Proverbs 20:20

7 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.

Proverbs 30:17

4 There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:

Jeremiah 48:44

Behold I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all that are round about thee: and you shall be scattered every one out of one another's sight, neither shall there be any to gather together them that flee.

Matthew 27:5

3 Then Pilate saith to him: Dost not thou hear how great testimonies they allege against thee?

Mark 7:10

8 And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? understand you not that every thing from without, entering into a man cannot defile him:

Galatians 3:13

2 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe.

Deuteronomy 21:23

A woman shall not be clothed with man's apparel, neither shall a man use woman's apparel : for he that doeth these things is abominable before God.

Deuteronomy 27:16

1 Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:20

5 Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.