2 Samuel 18:31

Cushi

²⁹ The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”

³⁰ “Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.

Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”

³² The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”

³³ The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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ÅB: Straks etter kom kusitten, og han sa: Min herre kongen motta det gledelige budskap at Herren idag har hjulpet deg til din rett mot alle dem som hadde reist seg imot deg!
OTB: Da kom kusjitten og sa: "La min herre kongen motta gode nyheter, for Herren har rettferdiggjort deg denne dag ved å befri deg fra hånden til alle som reiste seg mot deg."
B1930: Straks efter kom kusitten, og han sa: Min herre kongen motta det gledelige budskap at Herren idag har hjulpet dig til din rett mot alle dem som hadde reist sig imot dig!

BSB: Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
KJV: And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
WEB: Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king, for the LORD has avenged you today of all those who rose up against you.”
ASV: And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Tidings for my lord the king; for Jehovah hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
DARBY: And behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Let my lord the king receive good tidings, for Jehovah has avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
BLB: And just then the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “There is good news, my lord the king, for YHWH has avenged you this day against the hand of all those who rose up against you.”

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2 Samuel 18:19
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
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Deuteronomy 32:35–36
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
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2 Samuel 18:28
Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
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Luke 18:7–8
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
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Psalms 124:2–3
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
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Psalms 58:10
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
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Psalms 94:1–4
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
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2 Samuel 22:48–49
the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
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