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II Kings 3:Verse 22

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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:

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What Does II Kings 3:22 Mean?

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"The optical illusion created by the morning sun reflecting on the water in the trenches is a judicial deception that leads the Moabites to their own d..."

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King James VersionPrimary
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:

American Standard Version
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:

American King James Version
AKJV

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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:

Bible in Basic English
BBE

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.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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,

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

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.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

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.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

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.

Darby Translation
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.

Webster Bible
Webster

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:

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And they rose earely in the morning, when the sunne arose vpon the water, and the Moabites saw the water ouer against them, as red as blood.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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,

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And, when they rose early in the morning, the sun, shone forth upon the waters,—and so the Moabites beheld over against them, the waters, red as blood.

Literal Translation
LITV

And they rose up early in the morning. And the sun was shining on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the opposite side as red as blood.

Modern King James
MKJV

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 red like blood.

Updated King James
UKJV

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:

Lexham English Bible
LEB

When they arose early in the morning, the sun shone on the waters, and Moab saw the waters from the opposite side as red as blood.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

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;

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

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.

Berean Study Bible
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.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And men of Moab risiden ful eerli, and whanne the sunne was risun thanne euen ayens the watris, thei sien the watris reed as blood euene ayens.

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