Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מִי יְשִׂמֵ֥/נִי שֹׁפֵ֖ט בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/עָלַ֗/י יָב֥וֹא כָּל אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר יִהְיֶה לּ/וֹ רִ֥יב וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְ/הִצְדַּקְתִּֽי/ו
Louis Segond 1910
Absalom disait: Qui m'établira juge dans le pays? Tout homme qui aurait une contestation et un procès viendrait à moi, et je lui ferais justice.
KJV
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)
ihi in manu mea omnem populum istum, ut veniant ad me omnes, qui habent judicium, et juste judicem? (II Reg. XV, 4, 5.) Et quis est, qui me assumendum non censeat, nisi qui me ignorat? Et o quam felices, qui me 322 praepositum sibi habebunt? O quanta, et qualia facturus sum ego,…
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