2 Samuel 19:4
 2 Samuel 19:4 
New International Version (©2011)
The king covered his face and cried aloud, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"

New Living Translation (©2007)
The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But the king hid his face and cried out at the top of his voice, "My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

International Standard Version (©2012)
Meanwhile, the king veiled his face and kept on crying loudly, "My son Absalom! Absalom my son, my son!"

NET Bible (©2006)
The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The king covered his face and cried loudly, "My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

American King James Version
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

American Standard Version
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.

Darby Bible Translation
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

English Revised Version
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Webster's Bible Translation
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

World English Bible
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"

Young's Literal Translation
and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth -- a loud voice -- 'My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

19:1-8 To continue to lament for so bad a son as Absalom, was very unwise, and very unworthy. Joab censures David, but not with proper respect and deference to his sovereign. A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be with rudeness and insolence. Yet David took the reproof and the counsel, prudently and mildly. Timely giving way, usually prevents the ill effects of mistaken measures.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the king covered his face,.... And would not see his generals, and thank them for their services: but wrapped himself in his mantle, after the manner of mourners:

and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son! and this was some time, perhaps some days after he had received the news of his death, since Joab and the army were returned from the battle; had it been a sudden start of passion, upon first hearing thee news, and had continued a few hours, it would have been more excusable; but to continue some days, as it is very probable it did, was very unbecoming.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. the king covered his face—one of the usual signs of mourning (see on [274]2Sa 15:30).


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Joab Reproves David
3And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, which this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines; …

2 Samuel 15:30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up.
2 Samuel 18:33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you--O Absalom, my son, my son!"
2 Samuel 19:3 The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.
2 Samuel 19:5 Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, "Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines.