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Thursday, August 7th, 2025
the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Good News Translation

2 Samuel 13:31

The king stood up, tore his clothes in sorrow, and threw himself to the ground. The servants who were there with him tore their clothes also.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mourning;   Rending;   Tamar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beds;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amnon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Mourn;   Tamar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tamar ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Amnon;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ta'mar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Clothes, Rending of;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Absalom;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In response the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
Hebrew Names Version
Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the eretz; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
King James Version
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Lexham English Bible
Then the king rose and tore his garments, and he lay on the ground, and all his servants standing by were tearing their garments.
English Standard Version
Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.
New Century Version
King David tore his clothes and lay on the ground to show his sadness. All his servants standing nearby tore their clothes also.
New English Translation
Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.
Amplified Bible
Then the king stood and tore his clothes and lay on the ground [in mourning]; and all his servants were standing by with their clothes torn.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King arose, & tare his garments, and lay on the ground, & all his seruants stoode by with their clothes rent.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king arose, tore his clothes and lay on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn.
Contemporary English Version
David got up, and in his sorrow he tore his clothes and lay down on the ground. His servants remained standing, but they tore their clothes too.
Complete Jewish Bible
The king got up, tore his clothes and lay on the ground, while all his servants stood by with their clothes torn too.
Darby Translation
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their garments rent.
Easy-to-Read Version
King David tore his clothes and lay on the ground. All of David's officers standing near him also tore their clothes.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Literal Translation
And the king rose up and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants were standing by with torn garments.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then stode the kynge vp, and rente his clothes, & layed him downe vpon the earth, and all his seruautes that stode aboute him, rente their clothes.
American Standard Version
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Bible in Basic English
Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the king arose, & tare his garmentes, and lay along on the earth: and all his seruauntes stoode by with their clothes rent.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
King James Version (1611)
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth: and all his seruants stoode by with their clothes rent.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay upon the ground: and all his servants that were standing round him rent their garments.
English Revised Version
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng roos, and to-rente hise clothis, and felde doun on the erthe; and alle hise seruauntis that stoden nyy to hym, to-renten her clothis.
Young's Literal Translation
and the king riseth, and rendeth his garments, and lieth on the earth, and all his servants are standing by [with] rent garments.
Update Bible Version
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his slaves stood by with their clothes rent.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
World English Bible
Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
New King James Version
So the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
New Living Translation
The king got up, tore his robe, and threw himself on the ground. His advisers also tore their clothes in horror and sorrow.
New Life Bible
The king got up and tore his clothes, and lay on the ground. And all his servants standing beside him tore their clothes.
New Revised Standard
The king rose, tore his garments, and lay on the ground; and all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the ground, - and all his servants who stood by rent their garments.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the king rose up, and rent his garments: and fell upon the ground, and all his servants, that stood about him, rent their garments.
Revised Standard Version
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants who were standing by rent their garments.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king arose, tore his clothes and lay on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn.

Contextual Overview

30 While they were on their way home, David was told: "Absalom has killed all your sons—not one of them is left!" 31 The king stood up, tore his clothes in sorrow, and threw himself to the ground. The servants who were there with him tore their clothes also. 32 But Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shammah, said, "Your Majesty, they haven't killed all your sons. Only Amnon is dead. You could tell by looking at Absalom that he had made up his mind to do this from the time that Amnon raped his sister Tamar. 33 So don't believe the news that all your sons are dead; only Amnon was killed." 34 In the meantime Absalom had fled. Just then the soldier on sentry duty saw a large crowd coming down the hill on the road from Horonaim. He went to the king and reported what he had seen. 35 Jonadab said to David, "Those are your sons coming, just as I said they would." 36 As soon as he finished saying this, David's sons came in; they started crying, and David and his officials also cried bitterly. 37Absalom fled and went to the king of Geshur, Talmai son of Ammihud, and stayed there three years. David mourned a long time for his son Amnon; 39 but when he got over Amnon's death, he was filled with longing for his son Absalom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

arose: 2 Samuel 12:16, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, Joshua 7:6, Job 1:20

all his servants: 2 Samuel 1:11, 2 Samuel 3:31

Reciprocal: Judges 11:35 - rent his clothes

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king arose, and tore his garments,.... In token of extreme grief and sorrow, as Jacob did when he was shown the coat of Joseph, supposing him to have been slain, as David thought all his sons were, Genesis 37:34;

and lay on the earth; on the bare ground, another token of mourning; so Job did on hearing the death of his sons, Job 1:20;

and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent: did as David did, in imitation of him, joining with him in expressions of sorrow; these were his courtiers, ministers of state, and principal officers in his household.


 
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