2 Kings 3:8
What does 2 Kings 3:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 3:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he saith, `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the way we go up?' and he saith, `The way of the wilderness of Edom.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.
Context
v.7And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
v.8This passage
v.9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 21:4
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
- Malachi 1:2
I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;