4The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, |My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!|


In Context

1 It was told Joab, |Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.|

2 The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, |The king grieves for his son.|

3 The people snuck into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, |My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!|

5 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, |You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;

6 in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.

2 Samuel 19:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:4The king covered his face and cried aloud, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"

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 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!