2 Kings 3:18
16 and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
17 For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19 And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
20 The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
- KJV
- And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
- WEB
- This is an easy thing in the LORD’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
- ASV
- And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
- DARBY
- And this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will give the Moabites also into your hand.
- BLB
- And this is slight in the eyes of YHWH, and He will deliver the Moabites into your⁺ hands.
- ÅB
- Men dette er ikke nok i Herrens øyne; han vil også gi Moab i deres hånd.
- OTB
- Dette er en enkel ting i Herrens øyne. Han vil også overgi Moab i deres hender.
- B1930
- Men dette er ikke nok i Herrens øine; han vil også gi Moab i eders hånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 1:37
For no word from God will ever fail.”
Read in contextJeremiah 32:27
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
Read in contextJeremiah 32:17
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
Read in context2 Kings 20:10
“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
Read in contextEphesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
Read in contextIsaiah 49:6
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Read in contextMark 10:27
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
Read in contextEzekiel 8:17
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
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