2 Samuel 15:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one assigned to you by the king to hear you.”

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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

Moreover, Absalom would say, “If only I were appointed judge in the land, then every man who has any suit or case would come to me, and I would get him justice!”

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all Israel, and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.

Psalm 12:2

Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Adonai your God is giving you.

Exodus 21:17

“Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from Adonai, but He condemns a person with evil schemes.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns obeying a mother— will be pecked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures!

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother have been treated with contempt; the outsider has been oppressed in your midst; the orphan and the widow have been mistreated in you.

Daniel 11:21

“Then in his place will arise a despicable person, on whom royal honor has not been conferred. He will come in a time of tranquility, and seize the kingdom through intrigue.

Numbers 16:3

They assembled against Moses and Aaron. They said to them, “You’ve gone too far! All the community is holy—all of them—and Adonai is with them! Then why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Adonai?”

Matthew 15:4

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

Acts 23:5

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he is the kohen gadol . For it has been written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

1 Peter 2:17

Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who follow after the flesh in its unclean desires and who despise the Lord’s authority. Brazen and arrogant, these people do not tremble while slandering glorious beings;