American King James Version
"To whom David said, If you pass on with me, then you shall be a burden to me: "
— 2 Samuel 15:33, American King James Version
“Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:”
“And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me: ”
“David said to him, "If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;”
“David said to him,“If you leave with me you will be a burden to me.”
“And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me:”
“David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:”
“Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:”
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. ¶
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. ¶
And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth on his head:
To whom David said, If you pass on with me, then you shall be a burden to me:
But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant till now, so will I now also be your servant: then may you for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
And have you not there with you Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever you shall hear out of the king’s house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send to me every thing that you can hear.