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


In Context

1 Joab was told, "The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."

2 And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, "The king is grieving for his son."

3 The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.

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

5 Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, "Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines.

6 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead.

2nd Samuel 19:4 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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