30The king said, "Stand aside and wait here." So he stepped aside and stood there.


In Context

27 The watchman said, "It seems to me that the first one runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok." "He's a good man," the king said. "He comes with good news."

28 Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, "All is well!" He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Praise be to the Lord your God! He has delivered up the men who lifted their hands against my lord the king."

29 The king asked, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" Ahimaaz answered, "I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king's servant and me, your servant, but I don't know what it was."

30 The king said, "Stand aside and wait here." So he stepped aside and stood there.

31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, "My lord the king, hear the good news! The Lord has delivered you today from all who rose up against you."

32 The king asked the Cushite, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man."

2nd Samuel 18:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king said [unto him,] Turn aside, [and] stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king said to him: Pass, and stand here.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king said, Turn aside and stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:30The king said, |Turn aside, and stand here.| He turned aside, and stood still.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king saith, 'Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:30And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.