2 Samuel 16:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ “And besides, whom should I serve? Should it not be before his son? As I have served before your father, so I am before you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so will I serve you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ What’s more, whom should I serve if not David’s son? I served your father, and so I will serve you in the same way.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But then too, I declare this: whom should I serve? Is it not the son of the king? Just as I have been subject to your father, so will I be subject to you also."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Besides this, whom shall I serve? Is it not the king's son? As I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.

2 Samuel 16:19 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:34

but if you return to the city, and say to Aḇshalom, ‘I am your servant, O sovereign – once servant of your father, but now I am your servant,’ then you shall nullify the counsel of Aḥithophel for me.

2 Samuel 16:18

And Ḥushai said to Aḇshalom, “No, I am for the one whom יהוה and this people and all the men of Yisra’ĕl have chosen, and with him I remain.

2 Samuel 16:20

And Aḇshalom said to Aḥithophel, “Give your advice. What should we do?”

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.

Galatians 2:13

And the rest of the Yehuḏim joined him in hypocrisy, so that even Barnaḇa was led away by their hypocrisy.

1 Samuel 28:2

And Dawiḏ said to Aḵish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant should do.” And Aḵish said to Dawiḏ, “Very well, I make you one of my chief guardians forever.”

1 Samuel 29:8

And Dawiḏ said to Aḵish, “But what have I done? And to this day what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my master the sovereign?”