2 Samuel 14:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³³ Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and prostrated himself with his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³³ 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

³³ 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)

³³ 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

³³ 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

³³ 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

³³ 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

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.”

Genesis 33:4

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

Genesis 45:15

And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them, and after that his brothers talked with him.

2 Samuel 15:5

Whenever people came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of them and kiss them.

2 Samuel 19:39

Then all the people crossed over the Jordan, and the king crossed over; the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.

1 Kings 1:53

Then King Solomon sent to have him brought down from the altar. He came to do obeisance to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go home.”

Luke 15:20

So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.