And Absalom said, Oh that I might be made judge in the land, so that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
2 Samuel 15:3 - Modern King James Version And Absalom said to him, See! Your matters are good and right. But no listener from the king will 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: |
And Absalom said, Oh that I might be made judge in the land, so that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
And David reigned over all Israel. And David did judgment and justice to all his people.
They speak vanity each one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
And he that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
The good gets grace from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked thoughts.
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 eagles shall eat it.
In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they oppressed the orphan and the widow.
And a despised one shall stand up in his place, and they shall not give to him the honor of the king; but he will enter while at ease and seize the kingdom by intrigues.
And they gathered themselves against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them. Why then do you lift yourselves up above the congregation of Jehovah?
For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death."
Then Paul said, I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest; for it is written, "You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people."
and especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise dominion. They are darers, self-pleasing; not trembling at glories, speaking evil.