2 Kings 3:22
“And they rose vp early in the morning, and the Sunne shone vpon the water, and the Moabites sawe the water on the other side as red as blood.”
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2 Kings 3:22 Context
20And it came to passe in the morning when the meate offering was offered, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the countrey was filled with water. 21¶ And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come vp to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and vpward, and stood in the border. 22And they rose vp early in the morning, and the Sunne shone vpon the water, and the Moabites sawe the water on the other side as red as blood. 23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slaine, and they haue smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoile. 24And when they came to the campe of Israel, the Israelites rose vp and smote the Moabites, so that they fledde before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, euen in their countrey.
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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:
- King James Version
They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite {them} as red as blood.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And early in the morning they got up, when the sun was shining on the water, and they saw the water facing them as red as blood.
- Basic English Bible
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood.
- Darby Bible
And they rose 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:
- Webster's Bible
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.
- World English Bible
And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water some way off as red as blood;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible