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2 Samuel 19:4 - Compare All Versions

2 Samuel 19:4 NIV (New International Version)

The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:4 NLT (New Living Translation)

The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:4 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

But the king covered his face  and cried loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! ”

2 Samuel 19:4 KJV (King James Version)

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Samuel 19:4 NKJV (New King James Version)

But the king covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:1-4 MSG (The Message)

Joab was told that David was weeping and lamenting over Absalom. The day’s victory turned into a day of mourning as word passed through the army, “David is grieving over his son.” The army straggled back to the city that day demoralized, dragging their tails. And the king held his face in his hands and lamented loudly, O my son Absalom, Absalom my dear, dear son!

2 Samuel 19:4 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

And the king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)

But the king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:4 NET (New English Translation)

The king covered his face and cried out loudly, “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”