2 Samuel 18:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in mid-air.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then Absalom [unavoidably] met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and Absalom's head caught fast [in a fork] of the oak; and the mule under him ran away, leaving him hanging between the heavens and the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Common English Bible

⁹ Absalom came upon some of David’s men. Absalom was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree. Absalom’s head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair while the mule under him kept on going.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then it happened that Absalom, riding on a mule, met the servants of David. And when the mule had entered under a thick and large oak tree, his head became trapped in the oak. And while he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule on which he had been sitting continued on.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule. And as the mule went under a thick and large oak his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and he earth the mule on which he rode passed on.

2 Samuel 18:9 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 13:29

So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded. Then all the rest of the king’s sons got up, and each fled on his mule.

2 Samuel 14:26

When he shaved his head #– #he shaved it at the end of every year because his hair got so heavy for him that he had to shave it off #– #he would weigh the hair from his head and it would be 2.5 kilograms  according to the royal standard.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realised that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his home town. He set his house in order and hanged himself.  So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 18:10

One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, ‘I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree! ’

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, ‘I’m not going to waste time with you! ’ He then took three spears  in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s chest. While Absalom was still alive in the oak tree,

2 Samuel 18:8

The battle spread over the entire area, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.

Job 31:3

Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers?

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or mother   #– # his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.

Jeremiah 48:44

He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit, and he who climbs from the pit will be captured in the trap, for I will bring against Moab the year of their punishment. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Matthew 27:5

So he threw the silver into the temple  and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

For Moses   said: Honour your father and your mother;   , and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.   ,

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,  because it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.   ,

Deuteronomy 21:23

you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse.  You must not defile the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“The one who dishonours his father or mother is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

Deuteronomy 27:20

“The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”