2 Samuel 15:5
World English Bible (WEB)
It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
In context
3 Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
4 Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”
5 It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
- KJV King James Version
- And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And it was so , that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.