5 Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.

5 And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.

5 When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn’t let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.

5 And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him.

5 People would come near Absalom to bow to him. When they did, Absalom would reach out his hand and take hold of them and kiss them.

5 And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

5 And it was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

5 When anyone approached him and bowed down, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him.

5 When a person approached to bow down to him, Absalom reached out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.

5 Whenever people came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of them, and kiss them.

5 It happened whenever anyone drew near to do obeisance to him, that he would stretch his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.

5 Sometimes people would approach Absalom and bow down to him. Then he would reach out his hand. He would take hold of them and kiss them.

5 And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.