2 Samuel 18:33 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 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!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³³ The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son! Would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom!

2 Samuel 18:33 Cross References

Genesis 21:11

And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

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

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!”

Psalm 103:13

As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.

Exodus 32:32

But now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.”

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race.

James 5:17

Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.