2 Samuel 15:3

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters [are] good and right; but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king to hear thee.

And Absalom {H53} said {H559} unto him, See {H7200}, thy matters {H1697} are good {H2896} and right {H5228}; but there is no man deputed of the king {H4428} to hear {H8085} thee.

Avshalom would say to him, "Look, your cause is good and just; but the king hasn't deputized anyone to hear your case."

Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 20:12 (2 votes)

    ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Proverbs 30:17 (2 votes)

    The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Proverbs 30:11 (2 votes)

    [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

  • Matthew 15:4 (2 votes)

    For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

  • 1 Peter 2:17 (2 votes)

    Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

  • 2 Samuel 8:15 (2 votes)

    ¶ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

  • Ezekiel 22:7 (2 votes)

    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.