2 Kings 6:8
What does 2 Kings 6:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 6:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the king of Aram hath been fighting against Israel, and taketh counsel with his servants, saying, `At such and such a place <FI>is<Fi> my encamping.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place, let us lay an ambush.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king of Syria warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place [shall be] my camp.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 20:23
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
- 1 Kings 20:34
And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
- Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Isaiah 7:5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,
- Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.
- Job 5:12
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.