2 Samuel 16:19 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁹ In the past, I served your father. So, now I should serve David’s son. I will serve you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so will I serve you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ What’s more, whom should I serve if not David’s son? I served your father, and so I will serve you in the same way.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But then too, I declare this: whom should I serve? Is it not the son of the king? Just as I have been subject to your father, so will I be subject to you also."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Besides this, whom shall I serve? Is it not the king's son? As I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.

2 Samuel 16:19 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:34

But if you go back to Jerusalem, you can make Ahithophel’s advice become useless. Tell Absalom, ‘King, I am your servant. I served your father, but now I will serve you.’

2 Samuel 16:18

Hushai said, “I belong to the person that the Lord chooses. These people and the people of Israel chose you. I will stay with you.

2 Samuel 16:20

Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Please tell us what we should do.”

Psalm 55:21

My enemies attack their own friends.\par They don’t do the things they agree to do.\par

Galatians 2:13

So Peter was a hypocrite. {\cf2\super [16]} The other Jewish believers joined with Peter. So they were hypocrites too. Even Barnabas was influenced by the things these Jewish believers did.

1 Samuel 28:2

David answered, “Certainly! Then you can see for yourself what I can do!”

1 Samuel 29:8

David asked, “What have I done wrong? Have you found anything wrong with me since the day I came to you? {No!} Why won’t you let me go to fight the enemies of my lord the king?”