2 Samuel 19:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But the king covered his face and cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Common English Bible

⁴ The king covered his face and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, my son Absalom! Oh, Absalom, my son! My son!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

2 Samuel 19:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:33

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!”

2 Samuel 15:30

But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, with his head covered and walking barefoot, and all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

2 Samuel 19:3

The troops stole into the city that day as soldiers steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

2 Samuel 19:5

Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your officers who have saved your life today, and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives and your concubines,

2 Samuel 14:1

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