Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
2 Samuel 15:3 - King James 2000 And Absalom said unto him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man appointed of 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: |
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.
And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn.
There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.
In you have they made light of father and mother: in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of royalty: but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by flatteries.
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, You take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: why then lift you up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise authority. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of the glorious ones.