2 Kings 9:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ And the horseman went to meet him, and said, “Thus said the sovereign, ‘Is there peace?’ ” And Yĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ So one on horseback went to meet him and said, Thus says the king: Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Rein in behind me. And the watchman reported, The messenger came to them, but he does not return.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ So the driver went to meet him and said, “The king asks, ‘Do you come in peace?’” Jehu replied, “What do you care about peace? Come around and follow me.” Meanwhile, the tower guard reported, “The messenger met them, but he isn’t returning.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Therefore, he who had climbed into the chariot went away to meet him, and he said, "The king says this: 'Is everything peaceful?' " And Jehu said: "What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me." Also the watchman gave a report, saying, "The messenger went to them, but he did not return."

2 Kings 9:18 Cross References

2 Kings 9:17

And a watchman stood on the tower in Yizreʽ

2 Kings 9:19

Then he sent out a second horseman who came to them, and said, “Thus said the sovereign, ‘Is there peace?’ ” And Yĕ

2 Kings 9:22

And it came to be, when Yehoram saw Yĕ

2 Kings 9:31

And as Yĕ

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace for the wrong,” said יהוה.”

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no right-ruling in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves, whoever treads in them shall not know peace.

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus said יהוה, “Do not enter the house of mourning, neither go to lament or mourn for them, for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares יהוה, “even the kindness and the compassions.

Romans 3:17

and the way of peace they have not known.”