2 SAM 13:24 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Abshalom went to the king and asked him, “Listen, please, the shearers are working for your servant. Please, let the king and his servants come with your servant.”

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἦλθεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ δὴ κείρουσι τῷ δούλῳ σου, πορευθήτω δὴ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου.
(Kai aʸlthen Abessalōm pros ton basilea, kai eipen, idou daʸ keirousi tōi doulōi sou, poreuthaʸtō daʸ ho basileus kai hoi paides autou meta tou doulou sou. )

BrTr And Abessalom came to the king, and said, Behold, [fn]thy servant has a sheep-shearing; let now the king and his servants go with thy servant.

ULT And Absalom went to the king, and he said, “Look, please. Sheep shearers belong to your servant. Please, let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

UST Absalom went to the king and said to him, “Sir, my workers have been shearing my sheep. Please come with your officials to celebrate with us!”

BSB And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with [me]?”

OEB And Absalom came to the king and said, ‘See your servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray, and his servants go with your servant.’

WEBBE Absalom came to the king and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then Absalom went to the king and said, “My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me.”

LSV And Absalom comes to the king and says, “Now behold, your servant has shearers, please let the king go—and his servants—with your servant.”

FBV He went to the king and said, “I, your servant, have hired shearers. Would the king and his servants please join me?”

T4T Absalom went to the king and said to him, “Sir, my servants have been shearing my sheep. Please come with your officials to celebrate with us!”

LEB No LEB 2 SAM book available

BBE And Absalom came to the king and said, See now, your servant is cutting the wool of his sheep; will the king and his servants be pleased to come?

Moff No Moff 2 SAM book available

JPS And Absalom came to the king, and said: 'Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.'

ASV And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

DRA And he came to the king, and said to him: Behold thy servant’s sheep are shorn. Let the king, I pray, with his servants come to his servant.

YLT And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.'

Drby And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold, now, thy servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

RV And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
(And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy/your servant hath/has sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee/you, and his servants go with thy/your servant. )

SLT And Absalom will come to the king and say, Behold now, shearers to thy servant: now will the king go, and his servants, with thy servant?

Wbstr And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

KJB-1769 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
(And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy/your servant hath/has sheep-shearers; let the king, I beseech/implore thee/you, and his servants go with thy/your servant. )

KJB-1611 And Absalom came to the King, and said, Behold now, thy seruant hath sheepe-shearers, Let the King, I beseech thee, and his seruants, goe with thy seruant.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps 2 SAM book available

Gnva And Absalom came to the King and sayd, Beholde now, thy seruant hath sheepesherers: I pray thee, that the King with his seruants would goe with thy seruant.
(And Absalom came to the King and said, Behold now, thy/your servant hath/has sheep-shearers: I pray thee/you, that the King with his servants would go with thy/your servant. )

Cvdl No Cvdl 2 SAM book available

Wycl No Wycl 2 SAM book available

Luth No Luth 2 SAM book available

ClVg venitque ad regem, et ait ad eum: Ecce tondentur oves servi tui: veniat, oro, rex cum servis suis ad servum suum.
(he_cameque to the_king, and he_said to him: Behold tondentur sheep slaves yours(sg): I_cameat, oro, king when/with slavess to_his_own to a_servant his_own. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT 2 SAM book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Look

(Some words not found in UHB: and,went ʼAⱱīshālōm to/towards the=king and=he/it_said see/lo/see! now sheepshearers has,servant_of,your go now the=king and,servants_of,his with servant_of,your )

This is a phrase used to draw someone’s attention to what is said next. Alternate translation: “Listen”

Note 2 topic: writing-politeness

(Occurrence 0) your servant

(Some words not found in UHB: and,went ʼAⱱīshālōm to/towards the=king and=he/it_said see/lo/see! now sheepshearers has,servant_of,your go now the=king and,servants_of,his with servant_of,your )

Absalom is calling himself “your servant” to show respect.

(Occurrence 0) Please, let the king and his servants go with your servant.

(Some words not found in UHB: and,went ʼAⱱīshālōm to/towards the=king and=he/it_said see/lo/see! now sheepshearers has,servant_of,your go now the=king and,servants_of,his with servant_of,your )

It was customary for people in Israel to have a party after they had sheared their sheep.

Note 3 topic: writing-politeness

(Occurrence 0) may the king

(Some words not found in UHB: and,went ʼAⱱīshālōm to/towards the=king and=he/it_said see/lo/see! now sheepshearers has,servant_of,your go now the=king and,servants_of,his with servant_of,your )

Although he is talking to his father the king, he calls him “the king” instead of “you” to show respect for him.

Parallel 2 SAM 13:24

Parallel 2 SAM 13:24