2 Samuel 18:27
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.
KJV
Speculator autem : Contemplor, ait, cursum prioris, quasi cursum Achimaas filii Sadoc. Et ait rex : Vir bonus est, et nuntium portans bonum venit.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ σκοπός Ἐγὼ ὁρῶ τὸν δρόμον τοῦ πρώτου ὡς δρόμον Ἀχειμάας υἱοῦ Σαδώκ· καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς Ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς οὗτος, καί γε εἰς εὐαγγελίαν ἀγαθὴν ἐλεύσεται.
LXX
And the watchman said, I think 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.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַ/צֹּפֶ֔ה אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת מְרוּצַ֣ת הָ/רִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּ/מְרֻצַ֖ת אֲחִימַ֣עַץ בֶּן צָד֑וֹק וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אִֽישׁ ט֣וֹב זֶ֔ה וְ/אֶל בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה יָבֽוֹא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 1:42 — And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
- 1Kgs 1:42 — And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
- 2Kgs 9:20 — And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
- 2Kgs 9:20 — And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
- Acts 11:24 — For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
- Rom 10:15 — And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!