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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.

KJV

Respondebatque ei Absalom : Videntur mihi sermones tui boni et justi, sed non est qui te audiat constitutus a rege. Dicebatque Absalom :

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἀβεσσαλώμ Ἰδοὺ οἱ λόγοι σου ἀγαθοὶ καὶ εὔκολοι, καὶ ἀκούων οὐκ ἔστιν σου παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם רְאֵ֥ה דְבָרֶ֖/ךָ טוֹבִ֣ים וּ/נְכֹחִ֑ים וְ/שֹׁמֵ֥עַ אֵין לְ/ךָ֖ מֵ/אֵ֥ת הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
'bshlvm
proper_noun · 111×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נְכֹחִ֑ים
nkchym
adjective · 4×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 18:16 — When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
  • Ps 109:2 — For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.