The word in Scripture

Watchman in the Bible

The word watchman appears 19 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A watchman guards the city and warns of danger. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What watchman means in the Bible

A watchman guards the city and warns of danger.

Where the word watchman appears

Here are 7 of the passages where the word watchman appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.”2 Samuel 18:26

“And 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.”2 Kings 9:20

“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”Psalms 127:1

“The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”Isaiah 21:11

“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.”Ezekiel 3:17

“Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:”Ezekiel 33:2

“The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.”Hosea 9:8