2 Samuel 18:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ The watchman said, I think the man in front runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok. The king said, He is a good man and comes with good tidings.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

Common English Bible

²⁷ The watchman said, “I can see that the first one runs like Zadok’s son Ahimaaz.” “He’s a good man,” the king said, “and is coming with good news.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Then the watchman said, "The running of the closest one seems like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok." And the king said, "He is a good man, and he arrives bearing good news."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ 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 18:27 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:26

And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

1 Kings 1:42

While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.

2 Kings 9:20

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.

Proverbs 25:13

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Proverbs 25:25

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

Romans 10:15

and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!