22When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red-like blood.


In Context

19 You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones."

20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was-water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.

21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.

22 When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red-like blood.

23 "That's blood!" they said. "Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!"

24 But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites.

2nd Kings 3:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22They 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And 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: