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2 Samuel 14:32

“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

BSB

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ASV

And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.

KJV

And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם'av.sha.LomAbsalomH53 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יוֹאָ֡בyo.'AvJoabH3097 →
הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
שָׁלַ֣חְתִּיsha.Lach.tiI sentH7971 →
אֵלֶ֣יךָ׀'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
לֵאמֹ֡רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בֹּ֣אbo'comeH935 →
הֵ֠נָּהHe.nahhereH2008 →
וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ve.'esh.le.Chahso let me sendH7971 →
אֹתְךָ֨'o.te.Kha<obj.> youH853 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
לָ֤מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
בָּ֙אתִי֙ba.tihave I comeH935 →
מִגְּשׁ֔וּרmi.ge.Shurfrom GeshurH1650 →
ט֥וֹבTov[was] goodH2896 →
לִ֖יlifor <the> me
עֹ֣ד'odstillH5750 →
אֲנִי־'a.ni-IH589 →
שָׁ֑םSham[was] thereH8033 →
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
אֶרְאֶה֙'er.'Ehlet me seeH7200 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
יֶשׁ־yesh-thereH3426 →
בִּ֥יbiin <the> me
עָוֹ֖ן'a.Von[is] iniquityH5771 →
וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי׃ve.he.mi.Ta.niand he will kill meH4191 →

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1 Samuel 20:8Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”Exodus 14:12Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.2 Samuel 13:37Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.Exodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”Jeremiah 2:22–23Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”Matthew 25:44And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’2 Samuel 13:38After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.2 Samuel 15:8For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”Genesis 33:10But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.1 Chronicles 3:2the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;Genesis 43:3But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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