2 Samuel 19:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
The king covered his face and cried aloud, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"

New Living Translation
The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

English Standard Version
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Berean Study Bible
But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

New American Standard Bible
And the king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

NASB 1995
The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"

NASB 1977
And the king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Amplified Bible
But the king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Christian Standard Bible
But the king covered his face and cried loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the king hid his face and cried out at the top of his voice, "My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

Contemporary English Version
David covered his face with his hands and kept on crying loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

Good News Translation
The king covered his face and cried loudly, "O my son! My son Absalom! Absalom, my son!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king covered his face and cried loudly, "My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the king veiled his face and kept on crying loudly, "My son Absalom! Absalom my son, my son!"

NET Bible
The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

New King James Version
But the king covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

King James 2000 Bible
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

New Heart English Bible
The king covered his face, and he cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son."

World English Bible
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"

American King James Version
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

American Standard Version
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

A Faithful Version
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"

Darby Bible Translation
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

English Revised Version
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Webster's Bible Translation
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So the King hid his face, and the King cryed with a loude voyce, My sonne Absalom, Absalom my sonne, my sonne.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But the king hyd his face, and cryed with a loude voyce: O my sonne Absalom, O Absalom my sonne, my sonne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
As for the kynge, he had couered his face, and cryed loude, and sayde: Oh my sonne Absalom, Absalom my sonne, my sonne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the king has covered his face, indeed, the king cries [with] a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

Young's Literal Translation
and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth -- a loud voice -- 'My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And the king covered his face, and the king will cry out with a great voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the King covered his face and wailed in a loud voice and said my son: “Abishlum! My son! My son, Abishlum!”

Lamsa Bible
But the king covered his face, and cried with a loud voice, saying, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice: 'O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son!
















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