KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
WEB World English Bible
The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter, and said, “Behold, a man running alone!” The king said, “He also brings news.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the watchman seeth another man running, and the watchman calleth unto the gatekeeper, and saith, ‘Lo, a man running by himself;’ and the king saith, ‘Also this one is bearing tidings.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 18
23 But howsoever, [said he], let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he [be] alone, [there is] tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
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.
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.
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
29 And the king said, [Is] the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and [me] thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what [it was].
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וַיַּ֣רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeהַצֹּפֶה֮H6822 · tsa.phahto watchאִישׁ־H376 · ishmanאַחֵ֣רH312 · a.cheranotherרָץ֒H7323 · rutsto run: runוַיִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toהַצֹּפֶה֙H6822 · tsa.phahto watchאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַשֹּׁעֵ֔רH7778 · sho.ergatekeeperוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanרָ֣ץH7323 · rutsto run: runלְבַדּ֑וֹH905 · badalone: poleוַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoזֶ֥הH2088 · zehthisמְבַשֵּֽׂר׃H1319 · ba.sarto bear tidings
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