• 2 Samuel 18:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 9 Abʹsa·lom eventually found himself facing the servants of David. Abʹsa·lom was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a large tree, and his head got entangled in the big tree, so that he was suspended in midair* while the mule he had been riding kept going.

  • 2 Samuel 18:9
    The Bible in Living English

    • 9** And Absalom, riding on a mule, came in the way of David’s soldiers; and the mule got under the boughs of a great terebinth-tree, and his head caught in the tree, and he hung in the air, while the mule he was on went along.

  • 2 Samuel 18:9
    American Standard Version

    • 9 And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

  • 2 Samuel 18:9
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 9 Now, when Absolom met the servants of David, Absolom was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick branches of a large oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule that was under him passing on.

  • 2 Samuel 18:9
    King James Version

    • 9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.