3Absalom said to him, |Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.|


In Context

1 It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, |What city are you from?| He said, |Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.|

3 Absalom said to him, |Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.|

4 Absalom said moreover, |Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!|

5 It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

2 Samuel 15:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:3Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3And Absalom saith unto him, 'See, thy matters are good and straightforward — and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.