2 Kings 3:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²¹ When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, from the youngest to the oldest, were called out, and were drawn up at the frontier.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, young and old, gathered and drew up at the border.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Now 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.

Common English Bible

²¹ Now all the Moabites had heard how these kings had come to fight against them. So all who were able to fight were summoned, and they took up positions along the border.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And all the Moabites, hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them, gathered together all that were girded with a belt upon them, and stood in the borders.

2 Kings 3:21 Cross References

1 Kings 20:11

And the king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off.’ ”

2 Kings 3:20

The next morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came from the direction of Edom, till the country was filled with water.

2 Kings 3:22

And when they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,