2 Kings 3:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ And he said, “Thus says the Lord: I will make this wadi full of pools.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And he said, Thus says the Lord: Make this [dry] brook bed full of trenches.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He said, “This is what the LORD says: This valley will be filled with pools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ "Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.

2 Kings 3:16 Cross References

2 Kings 3:15

But get me a musician.” And then, while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord came on him.

2 Kings 3:17

For thus says the Lord: You shall see neither wind nor rain, but the wadi shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your army, and your animals.

2 Kings 4:3

He said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels—and not just a few.