2 Samuel 15:4 - Modern King James Version

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!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Absalom added, Oh, that I were judge in the land! Then every man with any suit or cause might come to me and I would do him justice!

American Standard Version (1901)

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

Common English Bible

If only I were made a judge in the land,” Absalom would continue, “then anyone with a lawsuit could come to me, and I would give them justice.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

"Who may appoint me judge over the land, so that all those who have a dispute might come to me, and I might judge justly."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I might do them justice.

2 Samuel 15:4 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was so, when any man came near to bow down to him, he put forth his hand and took him and kissed him.

Proverbs 25:6

Do not put yourself forth in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great;

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise you, and not your mouth; a stranger, and not your lips.

2 Peter 2:19

promising them liberty, they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.

Judges 9:29

And I wish this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out!