2 Kings 3:22
20 The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
23 “This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
24 But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
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.
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- BSB
- When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
- ASV
- 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:
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun was shining on the waters. And the Moabites saw on the other side the waters, [as] red as blood.
- ÅB
- Men tidlig om morgenen, da solen gikk opp over vannet, så det ut for moabittene som om vannet foran dem var rødt som blod.
- OTB
- Da de sto opp tidlig om morgenen, skinte solen på vannet, og for moabittene så det rødt ut—som blod.
- B1930
- Men tidlig om morgenen, da solen gikk op over vannet, så det ut for moabittene som om vannet foran dem var rødt som blod.