2 Samuel 15:4
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
KJV
Quis me constituat judicem super terram, ut ad me veniant omnes qui habent negotium, et juste judicem ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβεσσαλώμ Τίς με καταστήσει κριτὴν ἐν τῇ γῇ, καὶ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐλεύσεται πᾶς ἀνὴρ ᾧ ἐὰν ᾖ ἀντιλογία καὶ κρίσις καὶ δικαιώσω αὐτόν;
LXX
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מִי יְשִׂמֵ֥/נִי שֹׁפֵ֖ט בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/עָלַ֗/י יָב֥וֹא כָּל אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר יִהְיֶה לּ/וֹ רִ֥יב וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְ/הִצְדַּקְתִּֽי/ו
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Cross-references
- 1Sam 8:3 — And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- 2Pet 2:19 — While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
- Judg 9:1 — And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
- Judg 9:29 — And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
- Judg 9:29 — And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
- Luke 14:8 — When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
- Prov 25:6 — Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
- Prov 27:2 — Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.