2 Kings 3:22
20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
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.
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:
23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
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.