Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Now, when Absolom met the servants of David, Absolom, was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick branches of a large oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule that was under him passing on.

New American Standard Bible

Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going.

King James Version

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Holman Bible

Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in midair.

International Standard Version

Absalom happened to run into David's soldiers. While Absalom was trying to get away on his mule, it ran under the thick branches of a giant oak tree, and Absalom's head got caught in the tree! As his mule ran out from under him, Absalom was left hanging above the ground.

A Conservative Version

And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak. And he was taken up between sky and earth, and t

American Standard Version

And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Amplified

Now Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a massive tree, and his head was caught in [the thick branches of] the tree; and he was left hanging [in midair] between heaven and earth, while the mule that had been under him kept going.

Bible in Basic English

And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.

Darby Translation

And Absalom found himself in the presence of David's servants. And Absalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of the great terebinth, and his head caught in the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Julia Smith Translation

And Absalom will meet before the servants of David, and Absalom rode upon the mule, and the mule will go under the thicket of the great oak, and his head will lay hold upon the oak, and he will be given between the heavens and between the earth; and the mule which was under him passed by.

King James 2000

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Absalom was found in the presence of the servants of David [as he was] riding on the mule. The mule went under the thicket of the great oak tree, and his head [was] caught in the tree. He [was] left hanging between heaven and earth, and the mule which [was] under him went on.

Modern King James verseion

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heavens and the earth. And the mule under him went away.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And it chanced Absalom to come before the servants of David riding upon a mule which carried him under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught in the oak, and he was left between heaven and earth, and the mule that was under him went his way.

NET Bible

Then Absalom happened to come across David's men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.

New Heart English Bible

And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Webster

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was suspended between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

World English Bible

Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that is under him hath passed on.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אבשׁלום אבישׁלום 
'Abiyshalowm 
אבשׁלום אבישׁלום 
'Abiyshalowm 
Usage: 111
Usage: 111

met
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 34

the servants
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

רכב 
Rakab 
Usage: 78

פּרד 
Pered 
Usage: 15

and the mule
פּרד 
Pered 
פּרד 
Pered 
Usage: 15
Usage: 15


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

שׂובך 
Sowbek 
Usage: 1

of a great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

oak
אלה 
'elah 
Usage: 13

and his head
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

of the oak
אלה 
'elah 
Usage: 13

and he was taken up
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

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Context Readings

Absalom Dies In Battle

8 And the battle there was spread out over the face of all the land, - and the forest devoured more of the people than the sword devoured on that day. 9 Now, when Absolom met the servants of David, Absolom, was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick branches of a large oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule that was under him passing on. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, - and said - Lo! I saw Absolom suspended in an oak.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:26

And when he polled his head - and it was at every year's end that he used to poll it, because it was heavy upon him, therefore he used to poll it - he would weigh the hair of his head, two hundred shekels, by the royal standard.

Deuteronomy 21:23

his dead body shall not remain all night upon the tree but thou shalt bury, him on the same day, for a reproach unto God, is he that is hanged, - so shalt thou not make unclean thy soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say - Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:20

Cursed, be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath turned aside his father's coverlet. And all the people shall say - Amen.

2 Samuel 17:23

Now, when, Ahithophel, saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went unto his own house, unto his own city, and gave charge unto his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the grave of his father.

2 Samuel 18:14

And Joab said, Not thus, may I tarry before thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absolom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Job 18:8-10

For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

Job 31:3

Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?

Psalm 63:9-10

When, they, to crush it, would seek my life, They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.

Jeremiah 48:44

He that fleeth from the face of the terror, Shall fall into the pit, And, he that getteth up out of the pit, Shall be captured by the snare, - For I will bring against her - against Moab, The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh.

Matthew 27:5

And, throwing the pieces of silver into the Temple, he withdrew, and, going away, hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

For, Moses, said - Honour thy father and thy mother, and - He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die, -

Galatians 3:13

Christ, hath redeemed, us, out of the curse of the law, having become, in our behalf, a curse; - because it is written - Cursed, is every one that hangeth upon a tree; -

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