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English Standard Version

2 Samuel 18:30

And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahimaaz;   Cushi;   Readings, Select;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahimaaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gospel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cushite;   David;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abishai;   Ahimaaz;   David;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cushi ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Ahimaaz;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahim'a-Az;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cushi;   Cushite;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ahimaaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king said, “Move aside and stand here.” So he stood to one side.
Hebrew Names Version
The king said, Turn aside, and stand here. He turned aside, and stood still.
King James Version
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
Lexham English Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside, take your place here," so he turned aside and waited.
New Century Version
The king said, "Step over here and wait." So Ahimaaz stepped aside and stood there.
New English Translation
The king said, "Turn aside and take your place here." So he turned aside and waited.
Amplified Bible
The king told him, "Step aside; stand here." And he stepped aside and stood still.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto him, Turne aside, and stand here. so he turned aside & stoode still.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.
Contemporary English Version
David told him, "Stand over there and wait." Ahimaaz went over and stood there.
Complete Jewish Bible
The king said, "Go, and stand over there." So he went and stood there.
Darby Translation
And the king said, Turn aside [and] stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king said, "Step over here and wait." Ahimaaz went there and stood waiting.
George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to him, Turn aside and stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.
Good News Translation
"Stand over there," the king told him; and he went over and stood there.
Literal Translation
And the king said, Turn aside, stand here. And he turned aside and stood.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynge sayde: Go aboute, and stonde here. And he wente aboute and stode there.
American Standard Version
And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
Bible in Basic English
And the king said, Get back and take your place here. So turning to one side, he took his place there.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde vnto him: Turne aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stoode styll.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said: 'Turn aside, and stand here.' And he turned aside, and stood still.
King James Version (1611)
And the king said vnto him, Turne aside and stand here. And hee turned aside, and stood still.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said, Turn aside, stand still here. And he turned aside, and stood.
English Revised Version
And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
Berean Standard Bible
"Move aside," said the king, "and stand here." So he stepped aside.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom the kyng seide, Passe thou, and stonde here. And whanne he hadde passid, and stood, Chusi apperide;
Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith, `Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.
Update Bible Version
And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said [to him], Turn aside, [and] stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
World English Bible
The king said, Turn aside, and stand here. He turned aside, and stood still.
New King James Version
And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.
New Living Translation
"Wait here," the king told him. So Ahimaaz stepped aside.
New Life Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.
New Revised Standard
The king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." So he turned aside, and stood still.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said, Aside! stand, here. So he turned aside, and stood.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to him: Pass, and stand here.
Revised Standard Version
And the king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." So he turned aside, and stood still.
THE MESSAGE
The king said, "Step aside and stand over there." So he stepped aside.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

Contextual Overview

19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run and carry news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies." 20 And Joab said to him, "You are not to carry news today. You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news, because the king's son is dead." 21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed before Joab, and ran. 22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, "Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite." And Joab said, "Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?" 23 "Come what may," he said, "I will run." So he said to him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite. 24 Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone. 25 The watchman called out and told the king. And the king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth." And he drew nearer and nearer. 26 The watchman saw another man running. And the watchman called to the gate and said, "See, another man running alone!" The king said, "He also brings news." 27 The watchman said, "I think the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, "He is a good man and comes with good news." 28 Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, "All is well." And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth and said, "Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 18:8
Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
Genesis 18:9
They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is in the tent."
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
Genesis 18:16
Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.
Genesis 18:28
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."
Genesis 18:29
Again he spoke to him and said, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."
Genesis 44:18
Then Judah went up to him and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.
Judges 6:39
Then Gideon said to God, "Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew."
Job 40:4
"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Psalms 9:12
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said [unto him], turn aside, [and] stand here,.... On the side of him, not far from him, until the other messenger came, that he might learn from them both the true state of the case:

and he turned aside, and stood still; saying nothing more to the king, nor he to him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 18:30. Stand here. — He intended to confront two messengers, and compare their accounts.


 
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