2 Samuel 15:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Absalom would say to him, Your claims are good and right, but there is no man appointed as the king's agent to hear you.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

Common English Bible

³ then Absalom would say to him, “No doubt your claims are correct and valid, but the king won’t listen to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Absalom would answer him: "Your words seem good and just to me. But there is no one appointed by the king to hear you." And Absalom would say:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:

2 Samuel 15:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:4

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgement and justice unto all his people.

Psalm 12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 21:17

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Daniel 11:21

And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Numbers 16:3

and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?

Matthew 15:4

For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Acts 23:5

And Paul said, I wist not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.

1 Peter 2:17

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

2 Peter 2:10

but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, selfwilled, they tremble not to rail at dignities: