2 Kings 9:18 - Modern English Version

¹⁸ So the horseman went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’ ” But Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Circle in behind me.” So the watchman reported, “The messenger came to them, but he is not returning.”

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 9:17

A watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he was coming and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’ ”

2 Kings 9:19

Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’ ” Again, Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Circle in behind me.”

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he said, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?”

2 Kings 9:31

As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?”

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways; they have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace.

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus says the Lord: Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people, says the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercy.

Romans 3:17

and they do not know the way of peace.”