25The king said to Absalom, |No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.| He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.


In Context

22 Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

23 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

24 Absalom came to the king, and said, |See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.|

25 The king said to Absalom, |No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.| He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.

26 Then Absalom said, |If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.| The king said to him, |Why should he go with you?|

27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

2 Samuel 13:25 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:25"No, my son," the king replied. "All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you." Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go, but gave him his blessing.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king said to Absalom: Nay, my son, do not ask that we should all come, and be chargeable to thee. And when he pressed him, and he would not go, he blessed him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to thee. And he urged him, but he would not go; and he blessed him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable to thee. And he pressed him: yet he would not go, but blessed him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king saith unto Absalom, 'Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;' and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:25And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable to you. And he pressed him: however, he would not go, but blessed him.