2 Kings 7:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 4 They brought therefore two horses, and the king sent into the camp of the Syrians, saying: Go, and see.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then they said one to another, We are not doing right. This is a day of [glad] good news and we are silent and do not speak up! If we wait until daylight, some punishment will come upon us [for not reporting at once]. So now come, let us go and tell the king's household.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.

Common English Bible

⁹ But then they said to each other, “What we’re doing isn’t right. Today is a day of good news, but we’re keeping quiet about it. If we wait until dawn, something bad will happen to us. Come on! Let’s go and tell the palace.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then they said one to another: "We are not doing the right thing. For this is a day of good news. If we remain silent and refuse to report it until morning, we will be charged with a crime. Come, let us go and report it in the court of the king."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Then they said one to another: We do not well; for this is a day of good tidings. If we hold our peace, and do not tell it till the morning, we shall be charged with a crime. Come, let us go and tell it in the king's court.

2 Kings 7:9 Cross References

2 Kings 5:4

So Naaman came with Iris horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:

2 Kings 7:10

5 And they went after them as far as the Jordan: and behold all the way was full of garments, and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their fright, and the messengers returned end told the king.

2 Kings 7:3

So when these lepers were come to the beginning of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank: and they took from thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went, and hid it: and they came again, and went into another tent, and carried from thence in like manner, and hid it.

2 Kings 7:6

1 Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within the king's palace.

2 Kings 7:8

3 And one of his servants answered: Let us take the five horses that are remaining in the city (because there are no more in the whole multitude of Israel, for the rest are consumed,) and let us send and see.

Proverbs 24:16

3 These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.

Isaiah 41:27

I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:

Isaiah 52:7

5 He shall sprinkle many nations, kings shall shut their mouth at him: for they to whom it was not told of him, have seen: and they that heard not, have beheld.

Nahum 1:15

And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool, but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.

Numbers 32:23

8 Moses therefore commanded Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families of all the tribes of Israel, and said to them:

Luke 2:10

8 And all that heard, wondered; and at those things that were told them by the shepherds.

Philippians 2:4

3 For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will.