And Joab said to him, You shall not bear news today, but you shall bear good news some other day. But today you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
2 Samuel 18:21 - Modern King James Version And Joab said to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and ran. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And Joab said to Chusai: Go, and tell the king what thou hast seen. Chusai bowed down to Joab, and ran. |
And Joab said to him, You shall not bear news today, but you shall bear good news some other day. But today you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, Yet whatever, please let me also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, since you have no good news ready?
But he said, Yet whatever, let me run! And he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and ran past the Cushite.
And, behold, Cushi came. And Cushi said, Good news, my lord the king, for Jehovah has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you.