22It 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?|


In Context

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?|

23 Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, |There is treason, Ahaziah!|

24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

2 Kings 9:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:22When Joram saw Jehu he asked, "Have you come in peace, Jehu?" "How can there be peace," Jehu replied, "as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And when Joram saw Jehu, he said: Is there peace, Jehu? And he answered: What peace ? so long as the fornications of Jezabel thy mother, and her many sorceries are in their vigour.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the fornications of thy mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the lewd acts of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram's seeing Jehu, that he saith, 'Is there peace, Jehu?' and he saith, 'What is the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the prostitutions of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?