Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Holman Bible

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

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 And it was told Joab, how that the king wept and mourned for Absalom. 2 And the victory was turned that day into mourning unto all the people. For the people heard say that day, how the king sorrowed for his son,

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:5

And the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, "Entreat me gently, my son Absalom." And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge over Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:14

Then said Joab, "I may not stand tarrying with thee. And therewith he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive on the body of the tree.

2 Samuel 18:12

And the man answered Joab, "Though I had a thousand sicles of silver told in my hand yet would I not stretch out mine hand against the king's son. For we heard with our ears when the king charged thee, Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Spare me the lad Absalom.'

2 Samuel 18:20

And Joab said unto him, "Thou art no man to bear tidings today. Thou shalt bear tidings another time: but today thou shalt bear none, because the king's son is dead.

2 Samuel 18:33

And the king was moved and went up to a chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went thus he said, "My son Absalom, my son, my son, my son Absalom, would to God I had died for thee Absalom, my son, my son."

Proverbs 17:25

An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

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