2 Samuel 18:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ 6 The watchman saw another man running, and crying aloud from above, he said: I see another man running alone. And the king said: He also is a good messenger.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then said Joab to the Cushite [an Ethiopian], Go tell the king what you have seen. And the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And the Cushite bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

Common English Bible

²¹ Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed low before Joab, then ran off.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Then Joab said to Hushai, "Go, and report to the king what you have seen." Hushai reverenced Joab, and he ran.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And Joab said to Chusai: Go, and tell the king what thou hast seen. Chusai bowed down to Joab, and ran.

2 Samuel 18:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:20

5 And crying out he told the king: and the king said: If he be alone, there are good tidings in his mouth. And as he was coming apace, and drawing nearer,

2 Samuel 18:22

7 And the watchman said: The running of the foremost seemeth to me like the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said: He is a good man: and cometh with good news.

2 Samuel 18:23

8 And Achimaas crying out, said to the king: God save thee, O king. And falling down before the king with his face to the ground, he said: Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men that have lifted up their hands against the lord my king.

2 Samuel 18:31

And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.