2 Kings 3:22 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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,

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:

English Amplified

When they rose up early next morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water across from them as red as blood.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When they rose up early next morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water across from them as red as blood.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and the Moabites saw that the water across from them was red like blood.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

When the Moabites woke up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. When they looked at the water from where they were, it looked like blood!

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Moabites got up early that morning. The rising sun was shining on the water in the valley, and it looked like blood to the Moabites.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

And when they rose early in phe morning and the sun shone on the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When they got up the following morning, the sun was shining on the water, making it look as red as blood.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When the Moabites got up early in the morning as the sun was rising over the water, they saw the water from a distance. It was as red as blood.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and the Moabites saw that the water across from them was red like blood.

English KJV 1611

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:

Then they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They got up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them was as red as blood.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Early that morning, when the sun shone on the water, the Moabites saw the water at a distance as red as blood.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When they got up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites, who were some distance away, the water looked red like blood.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They got up early in the morning. The sun was already shining on the water. Across the way, the water looked red to the men of Moab. It looked like blood.

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.

English NKJ 1982

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

But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it look as red as blood.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And when they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But early the next morning the sun looked red as it shone across the water!

English Tyndale 1537

And they being up early in the morning, the son arose and shone upon the water. And when the Moabites saw the water afar off, as red as blood,