Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

2 Samuel 15:33

David

31 Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

32 When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

34 But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

35 Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
KJV
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
WEB
David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
ASV
And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me:
DARBY
And David said to him, If thou passest on with me, thou wilt be a burden to me;
BLB
And David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will become a burden to me.
ÅB
David sa til ham: Dersom du drar videre med meg, vil du bare bli til byrde for meg;
OTB
Og David sa til ham, "Hvis du passerer over med meg, vil du være en byrde for meg.
B1930
David sa til ham: Dersom du drar videre med mig, vil du bare bli til byrde for mig;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 19:35

    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

    Read in context