Parallel 2KI 9:17

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BSB § Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!”
§ “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”

OEB No OEB 2KI book available

WEB 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?’”

NET Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said, “I see troops!” Jehoram ordered, “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’”

LSV And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and sees the company of Jehu in his coming, and says, “I see a company”; and Joram says, “Take a rider and send [him] to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?”

FBV The watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu's soldiers approaching, and he shouted out, “I see a soldiers coming!”
¶ “Choose a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

T4T A guard was standing in the watchtower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu and his men approaching. He called out, “I see a lot of men who are approaching!” King Joram heard what the watchman said, so he said to his soldiers, “Send someone on a horse to go and find out if they are coming to be friendly to us or to attack us.”

LEB Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu when he came, and he said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them.” And he said, “Is it peace?”

BBE And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?

MOF No MOF 2KI book available

JPS Now the watchman stood 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?'

ASV 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?

DRA The watchmen therefore, that stood upon the tower of Jezrahel, saw the troop of Jehu coming, and said: I see a troop. And Joram said: Take a chariot, and send to meet them, and let him that goeth say: Is all well?

YLT And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming, and saith, 'A company I see;' and Joram saith, 'Take a rider and send to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?'

DBY And the watchman stood on the tower in Jizreel, and saw Jehu's company 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?

RV Now the watchman stood 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?

WBS Now the watchman stood 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?

KJB 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?

BB And the watchman that stoode on the towre in Iezrahel, spied the companie of Iehu as he came, and sayde: I see a companie. And Ioram sayde: Take an horsman, and send to meete them, that he may aske whether it be peace.
  (And the watchman that stood on the towre in Yezrahel, spied the companie of Yehu as he came, and said: I see a companie. And Yoram said: Take an horsman, and send to meet them, that he may ask whether it be peace.)

GNV And the watchman that stoode in the towre in Izreel spyed the companie of Iehu as hee came, and sayd, I see a companie. And Iehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meete them, that hee may say, Is it peace?
  (And the watchman that stood in the towre in Izreel spied the companie of Yehu as he came, and said, I see a companie. And Yehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meet them, that he may say, Is it peace?)

CB But the watchman that stode vpon the tower at Iesrael, sawe the company of Iehu commynge, and sayde: I se a company. Then sayde Ioram: Take a charet, and sende to mete the, and saye: Is it peace?
  (But the watchman that stood upon the tower at Yesrael, saw the company of Yehu coming, and said: I see a company. Then said Yoram: Take a charet, and send to meet them, and say: Is it peace?)

WYC Therfor a spiere, that stood aboue a tour of Jezrael, siy the multitude of Hieu comynge, and he seide, Y se a multitude. And Joram seide, Take thou a chare, and sende in to the metyng of hem; and seie the goere, Whether alle thingis ben riytfuli?
  (Therefore a spiere, that stood above a tour of Yezrael, saw the multitude of Hieu coming, and he said, I see a multitude. And Yoram said, Take thou/you a chare, and send in to the meeting of hem; and say the goere, Whether all things been riytfuli?)

LUT Der Wächter aber, der auf dem Turm zu Jesreel stund, sah den Haufen Jehus kommen und sprach: Ich sehe einen Haufen. Da sprach Joram: Nimm einen Reiter und sende ihnen entgegen und sprich: Ist‘s Friede?
  (The Wächter but, the on to_him Turm to Yesreel stund, saw the Haufen Yehus coming and spoke: I sehe a Haufen. So spoke Yoram: Nimm a Reiter and send ihnen entgegen and sprich: Ist‘s Friede?)

CLV Igitur speculator qui stabat super turrim Jezrahel, vidit globum Jehu venientis, et ait: Video ego globum. Dixitque Joram: Tolle currum, et mitte in occursum eorum, et dicat vadens: Rectene sunt omnia?
  (Igitur speculator who stabat super turrim Yezrahel, he_saw globum Yehu venientis, and ait: Video I globum. And_he_said Yoram: Tolle currum, and mitte in occursum eorum, and dicat vadens: Rectene are omnia?)

BRN And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezrael, and saw the dust made by Ju as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace.

BrLXX Καὶ ὁ σκοπὸς ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸν πύργον Ἰεζράελ, καὶ εἶδε τὸν κονιορτὸν Ἰοὺ ἐν τῷ παραγίνεσθαι αὐτὸν, καὶ εἶπε, Κονιορτὸν ἐγὼ βλέπω· καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωρὰμ, λάβε ἐπιβάτην, καὶ ἀπόστειλον ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰπάτω ἡ εἰρήνη.
  (Kai ho skopos anebaʸ epi ton purgon Iezrael, kai eide ton koniorton You en tōi paraginesthai auton, kai eipe, Koniorton egō blepō; kai eipen Yōram, labe epibataʸn, kai aposteilon emprosthen autōn, kai eipatō haʸ eiraʸnaʸ.)