2 Kings 9:23

Literal Standard Version

And Jehoram turns his hands and flees, and says to Ahaziah, "Deceit, O Ahaziah!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joram turned around and fled, shouting to Ahaziah, “It’s treachery, Ahaziah!”

Hebrew Names Version
Yoram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Achazyah, There is treachery, Achazyah.

King James Version
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

English Standard Version
Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, "Treachery, O Ahaziah!"

New Century Version
Joram turned the horses to run away and yelled to Ahaziah, "It's a trick, Ahaziah!"

New English Translation
Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!"

Amplified Bible
So Joram reined [his chariot] around and fled, and he said to Ahaziah, "Treachery and betrayal, Ahaziah!"

New American Standard Bible
So Joram turned back and fled, and he said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, Ahaziah!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iehoram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treason.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Joram turned about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is deception, O Ahaziah!"

Contemporary English Version
"Ahaziah, let's get out of here!" Joram yelled. "It's a trap!" As Joram tried to escape,

Complete Jewish Bible
Yoram wheeled around and fled, shouting, "Treachery, Achazyah!"

Darby Translation
Then Joram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah!

Easy-to-Read Version
Joram turned the horses to run away. He said to Ahaziah, "It is a trick, Ahaziah!"

George Lamsa Translation
Then Joram turned back and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah!

Good News Translation
"It's treason, Ahaziah!" Joram cried out, as he turned his chariot around and fled.

Lexham English Bible
Joram turned his chariot and fled and said to Ahaziah, "It's treason, Ahaziah!"

Literal Translation
And Jehoram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, O Ahaziah!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then turned Ioram his hande and fled, and sayde vnto Ochosias: There is treason Ochosias.

American Standard Version
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Bible in Basic English
Then Joram, turning his horses in flight, said to Ahaziah, Broken faith, O Ahaziah!

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ioram turned his hande, and fled, and sayde to Ahaziahu: There is falshood O Ahaziahu.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah: 'There is treachery, O Ahaziah.'

King James Version (1611)
And Ioram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ochozias, Treachery, Ochozias.

English Revised Version
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Berean Standard Bible
Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, "Treachery, Ahaziah!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Joram turnede his hond, and fledde, and seide to Ocozie, Tresouns! tresouns!

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, `Deceit, O Ahaziah!'

Update Bible Version
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, [There is] treachery, O Ahaziah.

World English Bible
Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, Ahaziah.

New King James Version
Then Joram turned around and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "Treachery, Ahaziah!"

New Living Translation
Then King Joram turned the horses around and fled, shouting to King Ahaziah, "Treason, Ahaziah!"

New Life Bible
So Joram turned the horses around and ran away, saying to Ahaziah, "He is turning against the king, O Ahaziah!"

New Revised Standard
Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, "Treason, Ahaziah!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Jehoram turned his hands, and fled, - and said unto Ahaziah - Treachery! O Ahaziah!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joram turned his hand, and fleeing, said to Ochozias: There is treachery, Ochozias.

Revised Standard Version
Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahazi'ah, "Treachery, O Ahazi'ah!"

THE MESSAGE
Joram wheeled his chariot around and fled, yelling to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!"

Contextual Overview

¹⁶And Jehu rides, and goes to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah has gone down to see Joram. ¹⁷And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and sees the company of Jehu in his coming, and says, "I see a company"; and Joram says, "Take a rider and send [him] to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?" ¹⁸And the rider on the horse goes to meet him and says, "Thus said the king: Is there peace?" And Jehu says, "And what is peace to you? Turn around behind me." And the watchman declares, saying, "The messenger came to them, and he has not returned." ¹⁹And he sends a second rider on a horse, and he comes to them and says, "Thus said the king: Is there peace?" And Jehu says, "And what is peace to you? Turn around behind me." ²⁰And the watchman declares, saying, "He came to them, and he has not returned, and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he drives with madness." ²¹And Jehoram says, "Harness"; and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goes out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. ²²And it comes to pass, at Jehoram's seeing Jehu, that he says, "Is there peace, Jehu?" And he says, "What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of your mother Jezebel, and her witchcrafts, are many?" ²³And Jehoram turns his hands and flees, and says to Ahaziah, "Deceit, O Ahaziah!"²⁴And Jehu has filled his hand with a bow, and strikes Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goes out from his heart, and he bows down in his chariot. ²⁵And [Jehu] says to his captain Bidkar, "Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite—for remember, you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, and YHWH lifted this burden on him:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

There is treachery: 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 23:13

Cross-References

Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

Leviticus 19:32
You rise up at the presence of grey hairs, and you have honored the presence of an old man, and have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH.

Romans 13:7
render, therefore, to all [their] dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honor, the honor.

Galatians 6:1
Brothers, even if a man may be overtaken in any trespass, you who [are] spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering yourself—lest you also may be tempted.

1 Timothy 5:1
You may not rebuke an elder, but exhort [him] as a father, younger persons as brothers,

1 Timothy 5:17
Let them, the well-leading elders, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those laboring in word and teaching,

1 Timothy 5:19
Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except on two or three witnesses.

1 Peter 2:17
give honor to all; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.

1 Peter 4:8
Before all things, having earnest love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joram turned his hand, and fled,.... Taking hold of the horses' reins with it to turn them, or by the motion of it directing the charioteer to turn them back towards Jezreel, whither he fled:

and said to Ahaziah, there is treachery, O Ahaziah; a conspiracy formed, and rebellion raised by the captains, at the head of which he supposed Jehu was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Turned his hands - The meaning is that Joram ordered his charioteer to turn round and drive back to the town.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 9:23. There is treachery, O Ahaziah. — This was the first intimation he had of it: he feels for the safety of his friend Ahaziah, and now they fly for their lives.