2 Kings 9:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ So the messenger rode on a horse to meet Jehu. The messenger said, “King Joram says, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ So there went one in a chariot to meet him, and said: Thus saith the king: Are all things peaceable? And Jehu said: What hast thou to do with peace? Go behind and follow me. And the watchman told, saying: The messenger came to them; but he returneth not.

2 Kings 9:18 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 9:17

A guard was standing on the tower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu’s large group coming. He said, “I see a large group of people!”

2 Kings 9:19

Then Joram sent out a second messenger on a horse. This man came to Jehu’s group and said, “King Joram says, ‘Peace. [108] ’”

2 Kings 9:22

Joram saw Jehu and asked, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”

2 Kings 9:31

Jehu entered the city. Jezebel said, “Hello, you Zimri [118] ! Just like him, you killed your master!”

Isaiah 48:22

But the Lord also said,\par “There is no peace for evil people!”\par

Isaiah 59:8

Those people don’t know the way of peace. Those people don’t do what is right and fair. They are very crooked. And people who live like that will never have peace in their lives.

Jeremiah 16:5

So the Lord says: “Jeremiah, don’t go into a house where people are eating a funeral meal. Don’t go there to cry for the dead or show your sorrow. Don’t do those things. Why? Because I have taken back my blessing. I will not be kind to these people of Judah. I will not feel sorry for them.” This message is from the Lord.

Romans 3:17

People don’t know the way of peace.”\par \i (Isaiah 59:7-8)\i0 \par