2 Kings 3:22 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:”
2 Kings 3:22 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 3:22 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 3:22 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.”
2 Kings 3:22 — World English Bible
2 Kings 3:22 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood: ”
2 Kings 3:22 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 3:22 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,”
2 Kings 3:22 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 3:22 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood. ”
2 Kings 3:22 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 3:22 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they rose earely in the morning, when the sunne arose vpon the water, and the Moabites saw the water ouer against them, as red as blood.”
2 Kings 3:22 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 3:22 in Context — 2 Kings 3
20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
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What Does 2 Kings 3:22 Mean?
2 Kings 3:22 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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