Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”
2 Samuel 15:3 - English Standard Version 2016 Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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: |
Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”
So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,