Meanwhile the Moabites heard that the kings had marched to fight against them. So they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor and older, and stood at the border.
2 Kings 3:22 - Tree of Life Version When they rose up early in the morning and the sun was shining upon the water, the Moabites saw the water from a distance as red as blood! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they rose up early next morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water across from them as red as blood. American Standard Version (1901) And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood: Common English Bible They got up early in the morning as the sun’s rays shone on the water. The Moabites saw the water from a distance. It looked as red as blood. Catholic Public Domain Version And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they rose early in the morning, and the sun being now up, and shining upon the waters, the Moabites saw the waters over against them red, like blood, |
Meanwhile the Moabites heard that the kings had marched to fight against them. So they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor and older, and stood at the border.
So they said, “This is blood! The kings have surely clashed swords and slain each other. Now, to the spoil, Moab!”
For Adonai had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses—indeed a noise of a huge army. So they said one to another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians to assault us.”