2 Kings 3:21

What does 2 Kings 3:21 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 3:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And all the Moabites hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them, gathered together all that were girded with a belt upon them, and stood in the borders.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, and they were called together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood by the border.

Context

v.20And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

v.21This passage

v.22And 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:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 20:11

    And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

  • Ephesians 6:14

    Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

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