Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red—like blood. New Living Translation But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood. English Standard Version And when they rose early in the morning and the sun shone on the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. Berean Standard Bible When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way. King James Bible 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: New King James Version Then they rose up early in the morning, and the sun was shining on the water; and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood. New American Standard Bible Then they got up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. NASB 1995 They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. NASB 1977 And they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. Legacy Standard Bible Then they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. Amplified Bible When they got up early the next morning, the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water across from them as red as blood. Christian Standard Bible When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and the Moabites saw that the water across from them was red like blood. Holman Christian Standard Bible When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and the Moabites saw that the water across from them was red like blood.” American Standard Version 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: Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they arose at dawn, and the sun arose on the waters, and the Moabites saw from opposite the waters that they were red as blood. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters, and Moab saw the waters on the opposite side red as blood. Contemporary English Version When they got up that morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it look red. The Moabite troops took one look Douay-Rheims Bible And they rose early in the morning, and the sun being now up, and shining upon the waters, the Moabites saw the waters over against them red, like blood, English Revised Version 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: GOD'S WORD® Translation When the Moabites got up early in the morning as the sun was rising over the water, they saw the water from a distance. It was as red as blood. Good News Translation When they got up the following morning, the sun was shining on the water, making it look as red as blood. International Standard Version As the Moabites arose early that morning, the sun cast its rays on the water, and to the Moabites, the water across from them appeared to be red like blood. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water some way off as red as blood; Literal Standard Version And they rise early in the morning, and the sun has shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from opposite [them], [that] the waters [are] red as blood, Majority Standard Bible When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way. New American Bible When they rose early that morning, the sun was shining across the water. The Moabites saw the water as red as blood, NET Bible When they got up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites, who were some distance away, the water looked red like blood. New Revised Standard Version When they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. New Heart English Bible They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood. Webster's Bible Translation And they rose 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: World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joram Overcomes Moab's Rebellion…21Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border. 22When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way. 23“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”… Cross References 2 Kings 3:21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border. 2 Kings 3:23 "This is blood!" they exclaimed. "The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!" Treasury of Scripture And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: This is blood 2 Kings 6:18-20 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha… 2 Kings 7:6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. slain [heb] destroyed Exodus 15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Judges 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? 2 Chronicles 20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. Jump to Previous Blood Early Facing Moabites Morning Opposite Over-Against Red Rise Rose Shining Shone Side Sun Water Waters WayJump to Next Blood Early Facing Moabites Morning Opposite Over-Against Red Rise Rose Shining Shone Side Sun Water Waters Way2 Kings 3 1. Jehoram's reign4. Mesha rebels 6. Jehoram, with Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, being distressed for want of water, 13. by Elisha obtains water, and promise of victory 21. The Moabites, deceived by the colour of the water, coming to spoil, are overcome 26. The king of Moab sacrifices his son, and raises the siege (22) They rose up early.--The Moabite camp on the frontier mountains. And the sun shone upon the water.--A parenthesis (now the sun had risen upon the water). The red sunrise tinged the water with the same colour. On the other side.--Min-neged, "opposite," "over against them" (2Kings 2:7; 2Kings 2:15). The sun rose behind the Moabites. Red.--'Ad?m. There may be an allusion to the red earth of the locality (Edom), which would further redden the water. Verse 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. The red hue of the water is ascribed by Ewald to "the red tinge of the soil" in the part of Edom where the rain had fallen ('History of Israel,' vol. 4. p. 88); by Keil, to "the reddish earth of the freshly dug trenches," or pits ('Commentary on 2 Kings,' p. 305); but the only cause of the redness mentioned either in Kings or in Josephus is the ruddy hue of the sunrise. A ruddy sunrise is common in the East, more especially in stormy weather (see Matthew 16:3); and the red light, falling upon the water in the pits, and reflected thence to the opposite side of the wady, would quite sufficiently account for the mistake of the Moabites, without supposing that the water was actually stained and discolored. The Moabites concluded that the red-looking liquid was blood, from knowing that the wady was dry the day before, and from not suspecting that there had been any change in the night, as the storm which had caused the change was at such a distance.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When they got up earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (way·yaš·kî·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning in the morning, בַבֹּ֔קֶר (ḇab·bō·qer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning the sun וְהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ (wə·haš·še·meš) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement was shining זָרְחָ֣ה (zā·rə·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2224: To irradiate, to rise, to appear on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the water, הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen and [it] הַמַּ֖יִם (ham·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen looked וַיִּרְא֨וּ (way·yir·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7200: To see [as] red אֲדֻמִּ֥ים (’ă·ḏum·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 122: Rosy as blood כַּדָּֽם׃ (kad·dām) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed to the Moabites מוֹאָ֥ב (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled across the way. מִנֶּ֛גֶד (min·ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition-m Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before Links 2 Kings 3:22 NIV2 Kings 3:22 NLT 2 Kings 3:22 ESV 2 Kings 3:22 NASB 2 Kings 3:22 KJV 2 Kings 3:22 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 3:22 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 3:22 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 3:22 French Bible 2 Kings 3:22 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 3:22 They rose up early in the morning (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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