2 Samuel 15:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a suit or cause might come to me, 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 Križne Reference

2 Samuel 15:5

And whenever a man came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand, and take hold of him, and kiss him.

Proverbs 25:6

Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great;

Proverbs 27:2

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

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved.

Judges 9:29

Would that this people were under my hand! then I would remove Abimelech. I would say to Abimelech, ‘Increase your army, and come out.’ ”