2 Samuel 18:33 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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!

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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 grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:4

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

Psalm 103:13

Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Exodus 32:32

Yet 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 maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

James 5:17

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.