Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

It was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom.”

New American Standard Bible

Then it was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom.”

King James Version

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

International Standard Version

Someone informed Joab, "The king is weeping bitterly, mourning for Absalom."

A Conservative Version

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

American Standard Version

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

Amplified

It was told to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

Bible in Basic English

And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

Darby Translation

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be announced to Joab, Behold, the king weeping, and he will mourn for Absalom.

King James 2000

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it was told to Joab that the king [was] weeping and he mourned over Absalom,

Modern King James verseion

And it was told to Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And it was told Joab, how that the king wept and mourned for Absalom.

NET Bible

Joab was told, "The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom."

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And it was told Joab, - Lo! the king, is weeping and mourning over Absolom.

Webster

And it was told to Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

And it is declared to Joab, 'Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it was told
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

יואב 
Yow'ab 
Usage: 145

Behold, the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

and mourneth
H56
אבל 
'abal 
Usage: 39

Context Readings

King David Weeps For Absalom

1 It was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom.” 2 That day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the troops because on that day the troops heard, “The king is grieving over his son.”


Cross References

2 Samuel 18:5

The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” All the people heard the king’s orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, “I’m not going to waste time with you!” He then took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the oak tree,

2 Samuel 18:12

The man replied to Joab, “Even if I had the weight of 1,000 pieces of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me.’

2 Samuel 18:20

Joab replied to him, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but today you aren’t taking good news, because the king’s son is dead.”

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.

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