2 Samuel 18:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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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

And Jo´ab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

2 Samuel 18:22

Then said Ahim´a-az the son of Zadok yet again to Jo´ab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Jo´ab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

2 Samuel 18:23

But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahim´a-az ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

2 Samuel 18:31

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.