3Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you."
3Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you."
1 In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.
2 He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, "What town are you from?" He would answer, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel."
3 Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you."
4 And Absalom would add, "If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that he gets justice."
5 Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.
15:3And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters [are] good and right; but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king to hear thee.
15:3And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:
15:3And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
15:3And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man to hear thee appointed by the king.
15:3And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
15:3And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed by the king to hear thee.
15:3Absalom said to him, |Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.|
15:3And Absalom saith unto him, 'See, thy matters are good and straightforward — and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.'
15:3And Absalom said to him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear you.