2 Kings 3:22
What does 2 Kings 3:22 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 3:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And early in the morning they got up, when the sun was shining on the water, and they saw the water facing them as red as blood.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.21Now 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.
v.22This passage
v.23and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.