8And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.


In Context

5 And when Achab was dead, he broke the league which he had made with the king of Israel.

6 And king Joram went out that day from Samaria, and mustered all Israel.

7 And he sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying: The king of Moab is revolted from me, come with me against him to battle. And he answered: I will come up: he that is mine, is thine: my people, thy people: and my horses, thy horses.

8 And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.

9 So the king of Israel, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom went, and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army, and for the beasts, that followed them.

10 And the king of Israel said: Alas, alas, alas, the Lord hath gathered us three kings together, to deliver us into the hands of Moab!

2 Kings 3:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:8"By what route shall we attack?" he asked. "Through the Desert of Edom," he answered.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8He said, |Which way shall we go up?| He answered, |The way of the wilderness of Edom.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And he saith, 'Where is this — the way we go up?' and he saith, 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.