• 2 Kings 9:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 17 As the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezʹre·el, he saw the throng of Jeʹhu’s men approaching. At once he said: “I see a throng of men.” Je·hoʹram said: “Take a cavalryman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Are you coming in peace?’”

  • 2 Kings 9:17
    The Bible in Living English

    • 17 And there was a watchman standing on the tower at Jezreʽel; and he saw Jehu’s cloud of dust as he came, and said “I see a cloud of dust”; and Joram said “Get a chariot-rider and send him to meet them and say “Is all well?”

  • 2 Kings 9:17
    American Standard Version

    • 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. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

  • 2 Kings 9:17
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 17 Now the watchman was standing upon the tower in Jezreel, so he saw the great company of Jehu when he came, and said—A great company can I see! Then said Jehoram—Take a horseman and send to meet them, that he may say—Is it peace?

  • 2 Kings 9:17
    King James Version

    • 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?