20The watchman said, |He came to them, and isn't coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.|


In Context

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, |I see a company.| Joram said, |Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, 'Is it peace?'|

18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, |Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'| Jehu said, |What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!| The watchman said, |The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back.|

19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, |Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'| Jehu answered, |What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!|

20 The watchman said, |He came to them, and isn't coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.|

21 Joram said, |Get ready!| They got his chariot ready. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

22 It happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, |Is it peace, Jehu?| He answered, |What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?|

2 Kings 9:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:20The lookout reported, "He has reached them, but he isn't coming back either. The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi-he drives like a madman."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:20And the watchman told, saying: He came even to them, but returneth not: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Namsi, for he drives furiously.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:20And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not back: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20And the watchman told saying, He came to them, and does not return. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:20And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and doth not return? and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20And the watchman declareth, saying, 'He came unto them, and he hath not returned, and the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for with madness he driveth.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and comes not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.