16And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.


In Context

13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look towards thee, nor see thee.

15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

2 Kings 3:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:16and he said, "This is what the Lord says: Make this valley full of ditches.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of trenches.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16He said, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16and he saith, 'Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches — ditches;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And he said, Thus said the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.