2 Kings 3:4
What does 2 Kings 3:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 3:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, <FI>with<Fi> wool,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with their fleeces.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 16:1
Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
- Psalms 108:9
Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout.
- Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- 1 Chronicles 18:2
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
- Psalms 60:8
Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.
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