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2 Kings 9:18

Jehu

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

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BSB
So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
KJV
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
WEB
So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “the king says, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!” The watchman said, “The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”
ASV
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not back.
DARBY
So there went one on horseback to meet him; and he said, Thus saith the king: Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told saying, The messenger came to them, and he does not return.
BLB
And the rider on the horse went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is [it] peace?’” And Jehu said, “And what [is] for you regarding peace? Turn around to after me.” And the watchman declared, saying, “The messenger went to them, and he is not coming back.”
ÅB
Rytteren dro ham i møte og sa: Så sier kongen: Kommer dere med fred? Jehu svarte: Hva kommer det deg ved? Vend om og følg meg! Vekteren meldte det og sa: Budet har nådd fram til dem, men kommer ikke tilbake.
OTB
Så dro en rytter for å møte ham og sa, “Kongen spør, ‘Er det fred?’” Og Jehu sa, “Hva angår fred deg? Fall inn bak meg.” Og vakten rapporterte, “Budbringeren nådde dem, men han kom ikke tilbake.”
B1930
Rytteren drog ham i møte og sa: Så sier kongen: Kommer I med fred? Jehu svarte: Hvad kommer det dig ved? Vend om og følg mig! Vekteren meldte det og sa: Budet har nådd frem til dem, men kommer ikke tilbake.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 9:22

    And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

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  • 2 Kings 9:19

    Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

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  • Jeremiah 16:5

    For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

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  • Isaiah 59:8

    The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

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  • Isaiah 48:22

    There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

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  • Romans 3:17

    And the way of peace have they not known:

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