5It 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.


In Context

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.

6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

7 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, |Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:5Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And it was [so,] that when any man came nigh [to him] to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:5Moreover when any man came to him to salute him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:5And it was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And it was so, that when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:5And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:5And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And it was so, that when any man came near to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.