2 Samuel 18:23

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Whatever may come of it, he said, I will go. Then he said to him, Go. So Ahimaaz went running by the lowland road and overtook the Cushite.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.

Darby Translation ☆

— But, come what may, let me run. And he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outstripped the Cushite.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

He answered: But what if I run? And he said to him: Run. Then Achimaas running by a nearer way passed Chusai.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Yet what if I runne? Then he saide vnto him, Runne. So Ahimaaz ranne by the way of the plaine, and ouerwent Cushi.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

But be it as it may, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. And Achima'az ran by the way of the plain, and passed the Cushi.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

'But come what may, said he, I will run.' And he said unto him: 'Run.' Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and overran the Cushite.

King James Version ☆

But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.

Webster Bible ☆

But however, said he , let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi.

Revised Version ☆

But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and overran the Cushite.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Hushai.

World English Bible ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

World English Bible Classic ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

World English Bible Updated ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

World Messianic Bible ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

'And, whatever it be, [said he,] let me run.' And he saith to him, 'Run;' and Ahimaaz runneth the way of the circuit, and passeth by the Cushite.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Rutz! (run!). Then Achima'atz ran by the derech of the plain, outran Cushi.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

قَالَ: «مَهْمَا كَانَ أَجْرِي». فَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱجْرِ». فَجَرَى أَخِيمَعَصُ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْغَوْرِ وَسَبَقَ كُوشِيَ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အ​ဟိ​မတ်​က​လည်း``ဘေး​တွေ့​မည်​ဖြစ်​သော် လည်း​အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​သွား​လို​ပါ​သည်'' ဟု​တစ်​ဖန် တောင်း​ပန်​၏။ ယွာ​ဘ​က``ဤ​သို့​ဖြစ်​ပါ​မူ​သင်​သွား​လော့'' ဟု​ဆို​သ​ဖြင့်​အ​ဟိ​မတ်​သည်​ယော်​ဒန်​မြစ် ချိုင့်​ဝှမ်း​လမ်း​ဖြင့်​ပြေး​သွား​ရာ ကု​ရှိ​အ​မျိုး သား​ကို​ကျော်​လွန်​၍​သွား​လေ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ပြေး ပါရစေဟု တဖန် အခွင့်တောင်း သောကြောင့် ပြေး လော့ဟုအခွင့်ပေး၏။ ထိုအခါ အဟိမတ် သည် လွင်ပြင် လမ်း ၌ပြေး ၍ ကုရှိ ကိုလွန် လေ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Toe anih mah, Kawbangah doeh om nasoe, na cawnsak ah, tiah a naa. To naah anih mah, Cawn ah, tiah a naa. Ahimaaz loe azawn bang hoiah cawnh pongah, Kush kami hmaa ah phak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Tedae, “Metlam khaw om mai saeh ka yong ni,” a ti nah. Te dongah, “Yong laeh,” a ti nah. Ahimaaz tah vannaem longpuei ah yong tih Kushi te a khal coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Tedae, “Metlam khaw om mai saeh ka yong ni,” a ti nah. Te dongah, “Yong laeh,” a ti nah. Ahimaaz tah vannaem longpuei ah yong tih Kushi te a khal coeng.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

他 又说：「无论怎样，我要跑去。」 约押说：「你跑去吧！」 亚希玛斯就从平原往前跑，跑过 古示人去了。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

他 又說：「無論怎樣，我要跑去。」 約押說：「你跑去吧！」 亞希瑪斯就從平原往前跑，跑過 古示人去了。

World Chinese Bible ☆

他说：“无论怎样，我要跑。” 约押对他说：“跑吧！”于是亚希玛斯沿平原的路跑去，跑过了古实人。

Croatian Bible ☆

A on ponovi: “Dogodilo se što mu drago, trčat ću!” A Joab mu odvrati: “Trči!” I Ahimaas otrča putem kroz ravnicu i preteče Etiopljanina.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I řekl: Buď, jak buď, poběhnu. Odpověděl mu: Běž. A tak běžel Achimaas cestou přímější a předběhl Chuzi.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Men han blev ved: “Ske, hvad der vil! Jeg løber!” Så sagde han: “Løb da!” Og Ahima'az løb ad Vejen gennem Jordanegnen og nåede frem før Etiopieren.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Wat het ook zij, zeide hij, laat mij heenlopen; zo zeide hij tot hem: Loop heen. En Ahimaaz liep den weg van het effen veld, en kwam Cuschi voorbij.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar toen hij volhield: “Gebeure wat wil, ik loop er heen!” riep Joab hem toe: Loop er dan heen! En daar Achimáas de weg door de Jordaanstreek koos, kwam hij den Ethiopiër voor.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj li diris: Kio ajn estos, mi kuros. Kaj tiu diris al li: Kuru. Kaj Aĥimaac ekkuris laŭ la vojo de la ebenaĵo, kaj kurantaŭiĝis antaŭ la Etiopon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

– Et quoi qu’il arrive, je veux courir. Et [Joab] lui dit : Cours ! Et Akhimaats courut par le chemin de la plaine, et dépassa le Cushite.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

N'importe, dit-il, je veux courir. Alors Joab lui dit: Cours! Achimaats courut donc par le chemin de la plaine, et il dépassa Cushi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Quoi qu’il arrive, je veux courir, reprit Achimaats. Et Joab lui dit: Cours! Achimaats courut par le chemin de la plaine, et il devança Cuschi.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

« Quoi qu’il arrive, je courrai », dit-il. Joab lui dit : « Cours ! » Alors Achimaats courut par le chemin de la Plaine, et dépassa le Cuschite.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Was auch geschehen möge, ich will laufen. Und er sprach zu ihm: Laufe! Und Achimaaz lief den Weg des Jordankreises und kam dem Kuschiten zuvor.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wie wenn ich liefe? Er sprach zu ihm: So laufe doch! Also lief Ahimaaz geradewegs und kam Chusi vor.

German Textbibel ☆

Er antwortete: Mag kommen, was da will - ich laufe hin! Da sprach er zu ihm: So laufe! Da lief Ahimaaz den Weg durch die Jordanaue und überholte den Mohren.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Mag sein; ich will doch laufen! Da sprach er zu ihm: So lauf! Also lief Ahimaaz den Weg der Jordanaue und kam dem Kuschiten zuvor.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπε· τί γὰρ ἐὰν δράμω; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰωάβ· δράμε. καὶ ἔδραμεν Ἀχιμάας τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν τοῦ Κεχὰρ καὶ ὑπερέβη τὸν Χουσί.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπε, τί γὰρ ἐὰν δράμω; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰωὰβ, δράμε· καὶ ἔδραμεν Ἀχιμάας τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν τοῦ Κεχὰρ, καὶ ὑπερέβη τὸν Χουσί.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Akimaz reponn: -Sa pa fè anyen. Mwen vle ale. Lè sa a, Joab di l': -Ale non! Se konsa Akimaz kouri ale, li pran wout ki pase nan plenn Jouden an, li pran devan moun peyi Letiopi a.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E ae mai hoi oe e holo wau. I mai la kela ia ia, E holo. Alaila holo aku la o Ahimaaza ma ka aoao o ka papu, a oi aku la ia imua o Kusi.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וִיהִי־מָ֣ה אָר֔וּץ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לֹ֖ו ר֑וּץ וַיָּ֤רָץ אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויהי מה ארוץ ויאמר לו רוץ וירץ אחימעץ דרך הככר ויעבר את הכושי׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ed egli disse: Checchè sia, io correrò. E Ioab gli disse: Corri. Ahimaas adunque si mise a correre per la via della pianura, ed avanzò l'Etiopo.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E l’altro: “Qualunque cosa avvenga, voglio correre”. E Joab gli disse: “Corri!” Allora Ahimaats prese la corsa per la via della pianura, e oltrepassò l’Etiopo.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

「どうなろうとも、わたしは走ります」と彼は言った。 彼は「走れ！」と言った。そこでアヒマアツは平原の道を走り、クシュ人を追い越した。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

저가 아무쪼록 달음질하겠노라 하는지라 요압이 가로되 `그리하라' 하니 아히마아스가 들길로 달음질하여 구스 사람보다 앞서니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Na Ahimaaz el sifilpa fahk, “Finne mea ma ac sikyak, nga srakna lungse wi kom.” Joab el fahk, “Kwal, fahla.” Ouinge Ahimaaz el kasrusr tufoki inkanek soko ke Infahlfal Jordan, ac el alukella mwet kohs sac.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Qui respondit: Quid enim si cucurrero? Et ait ei: Curre. Currens ergo Achimaas per viam compendii, transivit Chusi.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

گفت: «هرچه بشود، بدوم.» او وی را گفت: «بدو.» پس اخیمعص به راه وادی دویده، ازکوشی سبقت جست.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

“Mas, aconteça o que acontecer,” ele disse, “eu vou correr.” Ele lhe respondeu: “Corra!” Então Aimaás correu pelo caminho da Planície, e ultrapassou o cuxita.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Mas ele respondeu: Seja o que for, eu correrei. Então lhe disse: Corre. Correu, pois, Aimaás pelo caminho da planície, e passou diante do cuxita.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Dar orice ar fi, a spus el, lasă-mă să alerg. Și Ioab i-a spus: Aleargă. Atunci Ahimaaț a alergat pe calea câmpiei și l-a întrecut pe Cuși.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

„Орьче с-ар ынтымпла, вряу сэ алерг”, а зис дин ноу Ахимаац. Ши Иоаб й-а зис: „Дэ фуга!” Ахимаац а алергат пе друмул каре дуче ын кымпие ши а луат-о ынаинтя луй Куши.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал Ахимаас: пусть так, но я побегу. И сказал ему Иоав: беги. И побежал Ахимаас по прямой дороге и опередил Хусия.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Opet reče: Šta mu drago, da trčim. Odgovori mu: A ti trči. I otrča Ahimas prečim putem, i preteče Husija.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Опет рече: Шта му драго, да трчим. Одговори му: А ти трчи. И отрча Ахимас пречим путем, и претече Хусија.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ahimasi ashubiriza aderha, erhi: «Oku byakaba bikube ci ndibisire.» Naye erhi: «Libirhaga.» Ahimasi akula omulindi, atwikanya omu njira y’omu kabanda, arhaluka olya muntu w’e Kushi.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mas él respondió: Sea lo que fuere, yo correré. Entonces le dijo: Corre. Corrió pues Ahimaas por el camino de la llanura, y pasó delante de Cusi.

Spanish BLL ☆

¡No importa! insistió Ahimaas. ¡Yo quiero ir! Está bien, ¡corre! le dijo Joab. Entonces Ahimaas se fue corriendo por el camino del valle y llegó antes que el etíope.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mas él respondió: Sea como fuere, yo correré. Entonces le dijo: Corre. Corrió, pues, Ahimaas por el camino de la llanura, y pasó al cusita.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Lo que sea que venga de esto, él dijo: Yo iré. Entonces él le dijo: Ve. Así que Ahimaas fue corriendo por el camino de tierras bajas y alcanzó al Cusita.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Sea como sea, déjame correr. Y él le dijo: ¡Corre! Entonces Ahimaas corrió por el camino de la llanura, y pasó adelante del etíope.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻa ne pehē, “Neongo ia tuku ke u lele.” Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate ia, “Lele.” Pea naʻe toki lele ai ʻa ʻAhimasi ʻi he hala ʻoe toafa, pea naʻa ne liʻaki ʻa Kusi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

А він: Нехай буде й так, а я біжу! І каже той: Ну, то біжи. І побіг Ахимаас дорогою направцї, та й випередив Хусія.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

А він: Нехай буде й так, а я біжу! І каже той: Ну, то біжи. І побіг Ахимаас дорогою направцї, та й випередив Хусія.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Người thưa: Mặc dầu, tôi muốn chạy đi. Giô-áp nói cùng người rằng: Hãy chạy đi. Vậy, A-hi-mát chạy qua đồng bằng và bươn tới trước Cu-si.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וִיהִי־מָ֣ה אָר֔וּץ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ ר֑וּץ וַיָּ֤רָץ אֲחִימַ֨עַץ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃