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Literal Standard Version

2 Samuel 18:30

And the king says, "Turn around, station yourself here"; and he turns around and stands 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.
English Standard Version
And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.
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

19And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Please let me run, and I bear the king tidings, for YHWH has delivered him out of the hand of his enemies"; 20and Joab says to him, "You are not a man of tidings this day, but you have borne tidings on another day, and this day you do not bear tidings, because the king's son [is] dead." 21And Joab says to Cushi, "Go, declare to the king that which you have seen"; and Cushi bows himself to Joab, and runs. 22And Ahimaaz son of Zadok adds again and says to Joab, "And whatever it is, please let me run, I also, after the Cushite." And Joab says, "Why [is] this—you are running, my son, and [there are] no tidings found from you?" 23"And whatever happens," he said, "let me run." And he says to him, "Run"; and Ahimaaz runs the way of the circuit, and passes by the Cushite. 24And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goes to the roof of the gate, to the wall, and lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, a man running by himself. 25And the watchman calls, and declares [it] to the king, and the king says, "If [he is] by himself, tidings [are] in his mouth"; and he comes, coming on and drawing near. 26And the watchman sees another man running, and the watchman calls to the gatekeeper, and says, "Behold, a man running by himself"; and the king says, "This one is also bearing tidings." 27And the watchman says, "I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok." And the king says, "This [is] a good man, and he comes with good tidings." 28And Ahimaaz calls and says to the king, "Peace"; and he bows himself to the king, on his face, to the earth, and says, "Blessed [is] your God YHWH who has shut up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 18:8
and he takes butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he has prepared, and sets before them; and he is standing by them under the tree, and they eat.
Genesis 18:9
And they say to him, "Where [is] Sarah your wife?" And he says, "Behold—in the tent";
Genesis 18:11
and Abraham and Sarah [are] aged, entering into days—the way of women has ceased to be to Sarah;
Genesis 18:16
And the men rise from there, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;
Genesis 18:28
perhaps there are lacking five of the fifty righteous—do You destroy for five the whole of the city?" And He says, "I do not destroy [it], if I find there forty-five."
Genesis 18:29
And he adds again to speak to Him and says, "Perhaps there are found there forty?" And He says, "I do not do [it], because of the forty."
Genesis 44:18
And Judah comes near to him and says, "O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant—for you are as Pharaoh.
Judges 6:39
And Gideon says to God, "Do not let Your anger burn against me, and I only speak this time; please let me try only this time with the fleece—please let there be only dryness on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the earth."
Job 40:4
"Behold, I have been vile, || What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
Psalms 9:12
For He who is seeking for blood || Has remembered them, || He has not forgotten 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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