2 Samuel 16:19 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁹ Besides, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I be in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

More versions

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 Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king—I was your father’s servant from then, but now I will be your servant,’ then you can thwart Ahithophel’s counsel for me.

2 Samuel 16:18

“No!” said Hushai to Absalom. “For the one whom Adonai has chosen—as well as these people, all the men of Israel—his I will be and with him I will stay.

2 Samuel 16:20

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What should we do?”

Psalm 55:21

My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.

Galatians 2:13

And the rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

1 Samuel 28:2

David said to Achish, “Well then, you know what your servant will do.” “Well then, I appoint you my bodyguard for life,” Achish said to David.

1 Samuel 29:8

“But what have I done?” David said to Achish. “What have you found in your servant from the day I have been before you to this day, that I shouldn’t go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”