2 Samuel 18:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³³ The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept, and as he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³³ And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would to God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!

American Standard Version (1901)

³³ And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Common English Bible

³³ The king trembled. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. As he went, he said, “Oh, my son Absalom! Oh, my son! My son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! Oh, Absalom, my son! My son!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ And so the king, being greatly saddened, ascended to the upper room of the gate, and he wept. And as he went, he was speaking in this manner: "My son Absalom! Absalom my son! Who can grant to me that I may die on your behalf? Absalom, my son! My son, Absalom!"

2 Samuel 18:33 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

Psalm 103:13

As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.

Exodus 32:32

But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of the book that you have written.”

James 5:17

Elijah was a human like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

Genesis 21:11

The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s mind was on Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

It was told Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”