2 Samuel 15:4 - Modern English Version

⁴ Absalom would continue, “If I were appointed a judge in the land, then every man who had a claim could come and I would give him justice.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ "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."

2 Samuel 15:4 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 15:5

When a man would approach to bow before him, he would reach out, embrace him, and kiss him.

Proverbs 25:6

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, do not stand in the place of the great;

Proverbs 27:2

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

2 Peter 2:19

Although they promise them freedom, they themselves are slaves of corruption, for by that which a man is overcome, to this he is enslaved.

Judges 9:29

If only this people were under my command, I would get rid of Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech, “Muster your army and come out!”