had been good # 10_2SA_14_32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still_ now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me. ## And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me. had been good # 40_MAT_26_24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him_ but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. ## The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.