4And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.


In Context

1 And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:

2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.

3 And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.

4 And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.

5 Then Joab going into the house to the king, said: Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, that have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines.

6 Thou lovest them that hate thee, and thou hatest them that love thee: and thou hast shewn this day that thou carest not for thy nobles, nor for thy servants: and I now plainly perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had been slain, then it would have pleased thee.

2 Samuel 19:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:4The king covered his face and cried aloud, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, |My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth — a loud voice — 'My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!