2 Kings 3:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Joram asked, "Which road should we take?" Jehoshaphat answered, "The road through the desert of Edom."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

ASV:

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

BBE:

And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

DBY:

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.

ERV:

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

JPS:

And he said: 'Which way shall we go up?' And he answered: 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

WBS:

And he said, which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

WEB:

He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."

YLT:

And he saith, 'Where is this -- the way we go up?' and he saith, 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

2 Kings 3:8 Cross References

XREF:

2 Kings 3:7 Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

2 Kings 3:9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

3:6-19 The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they were in. He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon Providence. Thus the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and then his heart fretteth against the Lord, Pr 19:3. It was well that Jehoshaphat inquired of the Lord now, but it had been much better if he had done it before he engaged in this war. Good men sometimes neglect their duty, till necessity and affliction drive them to it. Wicked people often fare the better for the friendship and society of the godly. To try their faith and obedience, Elisha bids them make the valley full of pits to receive water. Those who expect God's blessings, must dig pools for the rain to fill, as in the valley of Baca, and thus make even that a well, Ps 84:6. We need not inquire whence the water came. God is not tied to second causes. They that sincerely seek for the dew of God's grace, shall have it, and by it be made more than conquerors.

CONC:

Attack Desert Edom Jeho'ram March Waste Wilderness

Attack Desert Edom Jeho'ram March Route Waste Way Wilderness

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