Absalom would say,“ Look, your claims are based on the law. So you have every right to make them. But the king doesn’t have anyone here who can listen to your case.”

押沙龙对他说：“你的事有情有理，无奈王没有委人听你伸诉。”

押沙龙就对他说：“看，你的案件合情合理，无奈王没有委派人听你申诉。”

押沙龙就对他说：“看，你的案件合情合理，无奈王没有委派人听你申诉。”

押沙龙会对他说：“你的申诉合情合理，可惜王没有派人来听你申诉。”

押沙龙就对他说：“你看！你的案件有情有理，但是王并没有委人听你的案子。”

押沙龍對他說：「你的事有情有理，無奈王沒有委人聽你伸訴。」

押沙龍就對他說：「看，你的案件合情合理，無奈王沒有委派人聽你申訴。」

押沙龍就對他說：「看，你的案件合情合理，無奈王沒有委派人聽你申訴。」

押沙龍會對他說：「你的申訴合情合理，可惜王沒有派人來聽你申訴。」

押沙龍就對他說：“你看！你的案件有情有理，但是王並沒有委人聽你的案子。”

押沙龍往往對這種人說：『看哪，你的案件有情有理；無奈王沒有委人聽你伸訴。』

押沙龍就會對他說：「你看，你的請求合情合理，但是王那裡沒有聽你訴說的人。」

押沙龍曰、爾事善且正、然王未嘗委人聽之、

押沙龍曰、爾事善理直、其如王未委人以鞫何。

押沙龍曰、爾言言或作事善且直、無奈王不委人聽爾言、

Then Absalom would say to him,“ Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”

Absalom would say to him,“ See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.”

Then Absalom would say,“ You’ve really got a strong case here! It’s too bad the king doesn’t have anyone to hear it.

Absalom said to him,“ Look, your claims are good and right, but the king does not have anyone to listen to you.”

Then Absalom would say to him,“ See, your claims are good and right, but you have no one to listen to you on the part of the king.”

Then Absalom would say to him,“ Look, your case is good and right; but there is no deputy of the king to hear you.”

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

Absalom said to him,“ Look, your claims are good and right, but the king does not have anyone to listen to you.”

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters[ are] good and right; but[ there is] no man[ deputed] of the king to hear thee.

Absalom would then say to him,“ Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.”

Absalom said to him,“ Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”

“ One person makes fun of their father. Another doesn’t honor their mother when she is old. The ravens of the valley will peck out their eyes. Then the vultures will eat them.

“ Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

David ruled over the whole nation of Israel. He did what was fair and right for all his people.

You have brought us up out of a land that has plenty of milk and honey. You have brought us here to kill us in this desert. Isn’t that enough? Now do you also want to act as if you were ruling over us?Besides, you haven’t brought us into a land that has plenty of milk and honey. You haven’t given us fields and vineyards of our own. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No! We won’t come!”

“ Anyone who asks for something bad to happen to their father or mother must be put to death.

Show proper respect to everyone. Love the family of believers. Have respect for God. Honor the emperor.

“ Some people curse their fathers. Others don’t bless their mothers.

Everyone tells lies to their neighbors. With their lips they praise others, but they don’t really mean it.

Paul replied,“ Brothers, I didn’t realize he was the high priest. It is written,‘ Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’ ”( Exodus 22:28)

The Lord blesses anyone who does good. But he judges anyone who plans to do evil.

They have made fun of fathers and mothers alike. They have crushed outsiders. They have treated badly the children whose fathers have died. They have done the same thing to widows.

Most of all, this is true of people who follow desires that come from sin’s power. These people hate to be under authority. They are bold and proud. So they aren’t even afraid to speak evil things against heavenly beings.

God said,‘ Honor your father and mother.’( Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16) He also said,‘ Anyone who asks for bad things to happen to their father or mother must be put to death.’( Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9)

They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron. They said to Moses and Aaron,“ You have gone too far! The whole community is holy. Every one in it is holy. And the Lord is with them. So why do you put yourselves above the Lord’ s people?”

“ After him, another king will take his place. Many people will hate him. He will not be honored as a king should be. He will lead an army into the kingdom when its people feel secure. He will make clever plans to capture it.